Joe Scarborough and the 7-second censor
p2pnet news view | TV:- MSNBC has come up with a unique way to make sure TV personalities — some of them, anyway — don’t drop a bollock on air.
It seems MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough became a little carried away, “while attempting to describe the rawboned manner of Rahm Emanuel, incoming White House chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama,” says the Associated Press.
He used (shudder) the F-Word!
MSNBC’s response? A seven-second pre-censor to allow editors to chop inadvertent naughties.
“The delay will not be on any other MSNBC programming, according to spokesman Jeremy Gaines,” says the story, adding:
“When asked whether it had been ordered up by network brass or requested by Scarborough, Gaines said, “It was a mutual decision.”
“Former MSNBC morning host Don Imus aired his show with a similar delay, Gaines noted.”
Associated Press – MSNBC host now guarded by 7-second delay, November 11, 2008
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November 12th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
i wish i was american.
then i could sue msnbc for causing me unbelievable emotional distress to the point i would be unable to continue living..
but here in canada I say… so the fuck what if someone on msnbc used the f word.
I bet Obama has used that word more than once in his life.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:28 am
don cherry has one of those, but that’s just because he says shit about frenchies and euros
dam u free speech haters!!!!!!!!!