AT&T errs in edit of anti-Bush lyrics

[Kadie]

AT&T errs in edit of anti-Bush lyrics
By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
30 minutes ago



SAN ANTONIO - Lyrics performed by Pearl Jam criticizing President Bush should not have been censored from a webcast by AT&T Inc., a company spokesman acknowledged Thursday.

AT&T, through its Blue Room entertainment site, offered a webcast of the band's headlining performance Sunday at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The event was shown with a brief delay so the company could bleep out excessive profanity or nudity.

But monitors hired by AT&T through a vendor went further and cut two lines from a song to the tune of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall." One was "George Bush, leave this world alone" the second time it was sung, and the other was "George Bush find yourself another home," according to the band's Web site.

AT&T spokesman Michael Coe said that the silencing was a mistake and that the company was working with the vendor that produces the webcasts to avoid future misunderstandings. He said AT&T was working to secure the rights to post the entire song — part of a sing-along with the audience — on the Blue Room site.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_en_ot/at_t_pearl_jam_3

[xultar]

1. And I'm Halle Berry.

[truebrit71]

2. Hi Halle, I'm George Clooney!

:hi:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. Censored By Orders Of Da Fuhrer.

[Jack Bone]

4. this crap has been going on for a few years now under *co..

@ the Live 8 show in London...VH1 cut away from the Sting revision of "Every Breath You Take" that criticized the G8...the recent Live Earth show in NYC, where Melissa Etheridge songs and comments were not shown on the NBC montage..but were aired on Bravo...Bravo for Bravo!! now PJ @ the 'polooza ...this was on the net only, I assume...yeah it's getting pretty dark out there

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Whoops! Well, if you all can just avoid public expressions of criticism of Bush,

this won't happen again!