Katrina Telethon (w/Kanye, Dixie Chicks & Neil Young) Won't Be Censored

[truthpusher]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/09/D8CGP5B80.html

Katrina Benefit Telethon Won't Be Censored
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Sep 09 9:48 AM US/Eastern
By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
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NEW YORK
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The producer of Friday's one-hour telethon to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims said no special precautions will be taken to edit out political statements _ even though rapper Kanye West is on the bill.

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West, on last week's hurricane relief concert shown on NBC, departed from a prepared script to say that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." He's one of a dozen musicians scheduled to perform Friday.

Only a standard five- or seven-second delay will be employed to guard against any obscenities, Gallen said. He said he's spoken to all of the musicians and actors who will be appearing on the show about not detracting from the mission.

"I think people understand that politicizing this will certainly not be a smart thing to do as far as inspiring people to call in and rally around this cause," he said.

Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Alicia Keys, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart and Neil Young are among the other scheduled performers. Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Ellen DeGeneres, Jack Nicholson, Chris Rock, Ray Romano and Sela Ward are also scheduled to appear.

The six main broadcast networks _ ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN and the WB _ will all air the event live at 8 p.m. Eastern. Several cable stations including Bravo, Oxygen, TBS and USA have also cleared time for the commercial-free event.

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complete story: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/09/D8CGP5B80.html

[DS1]

1. So, it WILL be censored, just no more than the rest of American programmin

if you actually read the article.

[Kagemusha]

2. Censoring for language and for politics are wildly separate.

And I did actually read the article to formulate that opinion.

[fshrink]

21. No, they are not.

They are the very same thing, which is called censorship. Let alone that language and politics are inseparably enmeshed.

[DS1]

26. Thank you

sheesh

[Tight_rope]

3. You mean people will be thoroughly screened before....

they are allowed to face the camera's. And probably will have to sign a sworn affidavit. :patriot:

[Bridget Burke]

5. Yeah, Neil Young will promise to be nice!

I'm sure he is afraid.

[LostinVA]

10. I also don't think Natalie Mains could be stopped if she

Wanted to say something..... GO CHICKS!

[Jack from Charlotte]

12. They should have a blow up of AWOL/Moron playing the guitar....

on the stage next to the band. Just leave it there and don't say a word about it. That's not political. Of course, after the show when everyone asks, the media boys will have to explain that AWOL/moron was playing that guitar while NO was being wiped out.

[DBoon]

13. LOL

that comment made my day

[onecent]

4. Is that tonight?

[truthpusher]

7. I believe that's the case...

[Lochloosa]

6. Sela Ward will be on...ok guess I'll have to watch

[Mika]

9. Isn't Sela Ward a repug?

I thought I saw something about her supporting * in the last selection.. 911 911 911 911

[Lochloosa]

15. Can't answer that one

I have never "studied" her politics...

[stellanoir]

8. all those performers

and it's an hour long event ???

[KDLarsen]

11. I'm willing to bet one thing..

.. Neil Young is so going to play "After the Goldrush" - how can he not, with those repeated lines:

"Look at mother nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at mother nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies."

He's changed the last sentence to "In the 21st Century" though.

[AX10]

14. I'll watch to make sure that it's not 'censored'.

It shouldn't be.

[shadowknows69]

16. please let Neil Young

tear shrub a new asshole.

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. Yeah, Shadow!

Let Neil go after him...

[starroute]

18. Is Randy Newman going to sing Louisiana 1927?

What has happened down here is the wind have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangelne

CHORUS
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tyrin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away

President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
done
To this poor crackers land."

CHORUS

[Melodybe]

20. Damn this is to Good!

No Way these performers are going to hold their tongues.

[soup]

22. Yes.

Telethon for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina


"Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast" is a live, one-hour, commercial-free telethon to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. It will air at 8 PM Eastern time on Friday, September 9 on all the major networks and a number of other media outlets around the world. This special fundraising event will salute the brave citizens in the devastated areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and pay tribute to the rescue personnel guiding relief efforts in the region. Randy will perform "Louisiana 1927." A link to Real's webcast of the event is provided below.

For more information, visit http://guide.real.com/katrina
http://www.randynewman.com/tocperformances/performancesupcomingdates/katrinatelethon09092005

[fshrink]

19. Seems to be a shortage

of CW singers. They wail about the flag and red white and blue and such. Black doesn't seem to register however.

[AnneD]

23. They can get the writers and singers

from Taking My Country Back....

[nykiera]

24. Thirty Second delay according to Newsday.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/nyc-kanye4417875sep09,0,4640724,print.story

[shadowknows69]

25. i think its on CKWS out of ontario as well

i guarantee it won't be censored there

[MellowOne]

27. Go Kayne! Go Natlie!

Give Bush hell!