Re: Sally Field is Spielberg's new first lady

From: Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamerica_at_2008.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:01:24 -0400

In article <fdpvv1$dvv$1_at_panix1.panix.com>, William December Starr <wdstarr_at_panix.com> wrote:

> In article <270920070833593371%takebackamerica_at_2008.com>,
> Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamerica_at_2008.com> said:
>
> > Field didn't get bleeped. She was cut off entirely. Katherine
> > Heigl was genuinely bleeped when she said "shit" after her name
> > was announced. There was no interruption of the video.
>
> You mean that lip-readers would have had no doubt what Heigl had
> said? (Genuine question: I wasn't watching the show.)

There was no doubt at all; even non-lipreaders couldn't have missed it. I thought it was odd that they'd bleeped her, since she wasn't miked and I doubt anyone would have heard her, but my guess is they bleeped her because of the reasonable fear that somebody would *claim* they'd heard her.

> > What hasn't been explained is how they were able to bleep Heigl
> > but not Field, if in fact this was about Field saying "goddamn"
> > and nothing else.
>
> Which event happened first in the broadcast? If it was Heigl then
> it's entirely credible that somebody at the network got on the phone
> right after that and told the producer "Hey, when you bleep somebody
> make sure you kill the video feed too."

Heigl was indeed first, so maybe you're right. Received on Mon Oct 01 2007 - 06:01:24 PDT