Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 02:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3JLKw0q4kY   Posted on YouTube: January 07, 2011 By YouTube Member: spuddy83 Views on YouTube: 2779   Posted on DU: April 03, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 1884

 
Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel

A Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live

The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. Michaels claimed the edit was done because it "wasn't funny". The film is a scathing critique of corporate media ownership, including NBC's ownership by General Electric/Westinghouse.

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[buddysmellgood]

1. Amazing how spot on it is.

[ixion]

6. Yep. Which explains why it was censored.

[HughBeaumont]

2. Everyone should read "Addicted to War"

It talks about this very same thing.

K & R.

[bvar22]

3. Brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant.

My hope is that this will go viral,
and millions more will see it.

[Charleston Chew]

5. too late

this is a fossil in regards to the world wide web


One might say it already went viral years ago, depending on what circles you belong to.


It is always getting pulled from video "tube" sites so enjoy whilst you can.

[otohara]

4. More Relevant Today

Telecommunications Act was a terrible piece of legislation.

[gtar100]

7. These corporations know what they are doing is wrong. Otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of criticism

I know it's been said a million times that it's all about the money. But to see it from a different perspective - their shame. They have something to hide. If you look at the actions of these corporations as a collective whole, they display sociopathic behavior with full knowledge that they *know* what they are doing is wrong. Otherwise, they would feel no need to hide anything. As people, we need to steer these companies into a more mature, socially responsible form of behavior. We can start with their primary objective - to make money. Other than the greedy people among us, that is not a person's primary objective for their daily activities. I don't have a silver bullet answer that can compete with "maximize profit". But I can think of better objectives: "to maximize employment", "maximize wages", or just to better humanity and meet the fundamental needs of all persons. Maybe someone else can put it more succinctly.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. I've often wondered

why liberals & progressives don't produce short features like that in order to reach an addlepated nation composed of people with short attention spans.

[yellerpup]

9. The network has assured that this will become viral

by banning it, censoring it, and claiming it isn't funny. Thanks, Corporate Pirates! :kick: & Rec.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Wow. What a great find!

Definitely sharing.

[Charleston Chew]

11. Sam Seder: Media Monopoly

"Media Monopoly Taking Over?"

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x545369

[Charleston Chew]

12. The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News

Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky demolish one of the central tenets of our political culture, the idea of the "liberal media." Instead, utilizing a systematic model based on massive empirical research, they reveal the manner in which the news media are so subordinated to corporate and conservative interests that their function can only be described as that of "elite propaganda."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x100119

[HolyCity2012]

13. ...

[KansDem]

14. KnR

:kick:

[flamingdem]

15. wow! what a find nt

[xchrom]

16. kick