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Has the once wholesome House of Mouse turned into a Dirty Old Mouse? The Florida Family Association suggests that Disney has picked up a new side business: pornography

According to the Florida Family Association (FFA), which has been monitoring television for 12 years, “Disney-owned [television] channels account for the overwhelming number of erotic and pornographic network programs” on air. Disney owns 37.5% of the A&E Television Networks, which in turn owns the A&E and History channels. Last December and February, A&E aired Inside the Playboy Mansion, which FFA said contained photographs and video showing full, uncensored views of female breasts and buttocks.

In addition, said FFA, Disney also owns almost 40% of the E! Entertainment Television channel, which hosts the largest number of sexually explicit programs of any advertiser-supported television network.

Besides the 10 hours of The Howard Stern Show aired every week, FFA said the network carries numerous other sexually explicit series, such as The Anna Nicole Show, Playboy Playmate specials, the True Hollywood Story series, and the Wild On series.

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David Caton, executive director of FFA, said all this was in addition to the ribald offerings on the ABC network. One of the network’s longest-running shows is the cop drama NYPD Blue, a prime-time trendsetter for nudity, profanity, and sex.

“Disney has refocused their business plan in recent years to shake off the wholesome, family entertainment image that once made them profitable,” Caton said. “Disney has gone so far, they are now without a doubt the dirtiest television [provider] around.”

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