Miley Cyrus just torpedoed her own career, and MTV helped
~!!~On first glance, Viacom giving Miley Cyrus carte blanche on live TV for three hours seems like a gift, a cynical holiday bonus from a company whose dwindling relevance was temporarily decelerated in 2013 by her headline-grabbing twerk-like gestures and tongue gymnastics//
~!!~But it*s not as if MTV*s parent company Viacom had nothing to gain from the transaction// Through Miley they could promise a night of extreme FCC button-pushing; she could be a mascot for a web-art damaged brand of internet-era irreverence that would make them look **dope** and **edgy** without being **too weird** or **not GIF-able//** And in return, Miley would be given the stage on which to light her own career on fire//