Fox Censors Sally
16 September 2007 11:22 pm by Taylor Marsh
“If mothers ruled the world, there would be no –” But the
Fox Emmycast cut off her sound and pointed the camera away from the stage,
silencing the rest of her sentence: “god-damned wars in the first place.”
– Think
Progress
Okay, so it’s the Emmy’s and everything has to be PG. It’s also Fox and they’re
not going to have any anti-war talk. They could have bleeped the language, but it’s really going overboard to cut away.
Now think about this for a minute. Fox is the only
network not to air the Democratic resonse to Bush’s “return on success”
speech last week. But we’ve got an even bigger thing to consider. Guess who will be the
pool team for the Democratic National Convention? You got it.
TVNewser has learned Fox News will be the pool for the Democratic National
Convention in Denver beginning August 25, 2008. And NBC News will be the pool
for the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis the following Monday,
September 1.The pool provides camera shots inside the convention halls and can be used
by any cooperating (read: paying) entity. A network insider tells TVNewser
it’s really as simple as drawing straws about which network will be the pool
for a certain event. Since NBC and FNC will be pool for the conventions, the
other networks will likely be the pool for other events, including next fall’s
debates.
What won’t Fox cover during our convention? I shudder to think. And frankly, I don’t want Fox “News” channel filtering our convention. Do you? I don’t want the Sally Fields treatment, especially considering the Iraq war will still be very much in the news next year.
