Sally Field comments on being censored during the Emmy awards

[kpete]

Sally Field comments on being censored during the Emmy awards:

“I made the mistake of putting a God in front of the damned,” Field told ABC’s Diane Sawyer. “But basically, I feel if anything on Earth God would damn, it would be war. But I guess for whatever reason, they decided that God and damned together was not acceptable.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/sally-field-comments/

[Captain Hilts]

1. Correct. You can't do that. Steph Miller's folks said they would have censored her too. nt

[alphafemale]

2. You can say God. You can say Damn. But never the twain should meet. nt

[JackBeck]

3. Not true.

http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/09/the-emmys-reall.html

"Technically, Field's censored words are not profane. A 2004 FCC ruling specifically stated no objection to the use of "goddamn" on TV when making a judgment on the uproar over Bono swearing at the Golden Globes in 2003 where he used more colorful language."

[LibDemAlways]

4. It clearly wasn't the one word. They could have bleeped

that. They cut off the better part of her sentence and cut to a shot where she couldn't be seen at all. That's out and out censorship.