It is their station and they can do what they want. If they don't want to broadcast bad words or "edgy" material, then they should just not carry SNL. What I strongly criticize them for is running the show, and then censoring it. I am somewhat less critical if Lorne, or even NBC, decide to bleep something on the show - they are the one's ultimately deciding on what kind of show they want to send out. But I think it is very bad form for third parties to censor the material. It is no different to me than if Wall Mart pulled out a few objectionable pages from a Dave Chappelle book. If selling (and making a profit) off of Chappelle is offensive to your sensibilities, then fine - don't sell it. But don't profit off of it while fundamentally changing it.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 7:37 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---- daniel anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've seen FOX or NBC let a few bad words through during NASCAR, but > that's > > a different than SNL. > > I remember when Dale Earnhardt Jr cursed during a post race interview, > Bill > > Weber apologized for the cuss word, and NASCAR docked 25 points from Dale > > Jr for cursing. > > In the case of last night, do you think that WRAL did the right thing? > > I can't say whether or not WRAL did the right thing. All I can say is, > given the long and storied history of Capitol Broadcasting censoring and/or > outright blocking programming deemed objectionable (except, of course, in > the case where said programming turned a profit in due course), that to say > that WRAL is stodgy is an insult to the concept of stodginess. After all, > this is a 60-year-old still locally owned-and-operated Southern television > station that used to run editorials by Jesse Helms, now located square in > the crossroads of urban NC and rural NC. > > ~D > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
