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Broadcasting watchdog bares its teeth at Tom and Jerry over smoking scenes
Aug. 22, 2006
For more than 60 years, Tom and Jerry have entertained children with their scraps and axe-wielding chases. But now they are facing censorship from the broadcasting watchdog - for smoking.
A viewer of the digital children's channel Boomerang complained to Ofcom about two Tom and Jerry episodes in which Tom and another character were depicted smoking.
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Website: http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1220835.ece
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