AT&T Censors Musician's Political Message
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Pearl Jam recently brought to light potential censorship by AT&T Blue Room of their latest performance at Lollapalooza. The portions "missing" from their webcast were reported as the result of mistakes in cutting by their content monitor, thought the specific messages contained in the missing portions is quite worrisome.
According to Eddie V., during the performance of "Daughter" the following lyrics were cut from the webcast:
- "George Bush, leave this world alone." (the second time it was sung); and
- "George Bush find yourself another home."
Eddie has posted a plea on his website for alerts on other such instances of "missing" / censored performances. Whether this was a bizarre coincidence, or truly intended censorship, either way it raises an important issue - that the days of the FBI chasing Arlo Guthrie, and of music being our most ardent weapon against government action and media censorship of Vietnam war images may not be far behind us.
According to Eddie V., during the performance of "Daughter" the following lyrics were cut from the webcast:
- "George Bush, leave this world alone." (the second time it was sung); and
- "George Bush find yourself another home."
Eddie has posted a plea on his website for alerts on other such instances of "missing" / censored performances. Whether this was a bizarre coincidence, or truly intended censorship, either way it raises an important issue - that the days of the FBI chasing Arlo Guthrie, and of music being our most ardent weapon against government action and media censorship of Vietnam war images may not be far behind us.
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