In article
<ANIM8Rfsk-B513A4.08213701102007_at_news.phx.highwinds-media.com>,
Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk_at_cox.net> wrote:
> In article <011020070901245512%takebackamerica_at_2008.com>,
> Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamerica_at_2008.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Interesting notion.
> >
> > > > 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.
>
> Nope. Everybody got treated the way field did except Heigl.
Thanks for correcting the record, BTW. I didn't know about the earlier
examples.
Received on Mon Oct 01 2007 - 09:25:09 PDT