[IP] Lauren Weinstein's Blog Update: NBC Censors Anti-Bush Comments From Relief Concert Feed

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: lauren@vortex.com
Date: September 3, 2005 2:01:21 PM EDT
To: lauren-blog-notify@vortex.com
Subject: Lauren Weinstein's Blog Update: NBC Censors Anti-Bush  
Comments From Relief Concert Feed


 Lauren Weinstein's Blog Update: NBC Censors Anti-Bush Comments From  
Relief Concert Feed

                           September 03, 2005


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http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000146.html



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Greetings.  Last night, NBC and some affiliated cable networks
simulcast a hurricane relief concert, live to the East Coast.  When
rapper Kanye West made some <a
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/HurricaneKatrina/wireStory?id
=1093242&page=1">unscripted, arguably true anti-Bush remarks</a>
related to the hurricane disaster response, his words were heard live
by the audience.

While a seven-second delay was in place, the operator didn't delete
those comments at that time since they were not obscenities.

However, for the broadcast of the recorded version of the show for the
West Coast feed, Kanye's remarks were deleted.

It appears that NBC isn't only afraid of upsetting the religious
right's obscenity patrol, but now feels it necessary to delete all
"uncomfortable" comments from live events whenever possible.

NBC claims that the deletion was made since the remarks were a
departure from the script.  But I wonder -- if there had been similar
emotional ad libs  that were <b>supportive</b> of Bush, would they have
received a similar axe?

--Lauren--

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