FOX: Vanguards of Freedom

[realthog]

To quote the Beeb:

A taped comedy routine by Alec Baldwin that was to open the [Emmy] ceremony has been cut because it contained a joke about the News Corp phone-hacking scandal.

News Corp owns Fox, which is broadcasting the awards. Fox called the joke inappropriate, the Associated Press reported.

Comments

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I hope someone "leaks" it.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

How appropriate that the network that has been given us slated, managed news, now gives us slanted, managed Emmys. I wonder if Fox deemed any potential nominees as inappropriate and nixed them before they had a chance? Can we trust Emmy outcomes as broadcast on Fox? Just asking...