Hillary Boos Vanish From McCartney Concert Rebroadcast

NewsMax.com ^ | 12/27/01 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

There was something missing when VH1 rebroadcast Paul McCartney's Oct. 20 Twin Tower relief concert on Christmas Day. The music video cable channel edited out the infamous twenty seconds where firefighters, cops and their friends in the crowd booed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton off the stage.

"The boos were... replaced with general crowd noise," reports the New York Post's Neal Travis, adding, "the cable channel evidently wants to keep on Hillary's good side."

No wonder.

VH1 is owned by Viacom, parent company of Simon & Schuster, the book publisher that awarded Clinton $8 million last year for a book she won't even have to write till next year.

Perhaps VH1 was just protecting Viacom's investment.

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[SerpentDove]

Hillary at NY Concert: “Thank you, thank you for being here tonight,

Crowd: “BOOOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOO-

for supporting New York. Thank you for your generosity on behalf of

OOOOOOOOO!! BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOO!!! BOOOOOO-

all the people who are gonna need help for a long time to come!”

OOOO! BOOOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOO-

(Shouting now to be heard over the boos), “NOW IT’S MY GREAT

OOO!!! BOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOO!! BOOOOOOOOOO!!!

PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A VIDEO FROM SOMEONE WHO

BOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOO!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-

HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT NEW YORK, WHO COULDN’T BE HERE

OOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOO-

TONIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JERRY SEINFELD!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Those f*cking b*st*rds!

[Squantos]

Huh ??!! Forrest Gump really did'nt show President Johnson his war wounds ?!?!?!??

Stay Safe !

[VOA]

Hillary Boos Vanish From McCartney Concert Rebroadcast

guess the film editors at VH1 must have consulted their copies of "The Commissar Vanishes"
about how to edit political documents.

[Stultis]

Tell VH1 they are practicing censorship - they are very sensitive to that word.

Not to mention (or, rather, DO mention) that electronically replacing the "boo"s is blatently ORWELLIAN. They have revised what is, in part, an historical document in the manner of 1984's "Ministry of Truth".

[BUSHdude2000]

"Beware the government-media complex." - Gen. Michael Savage

Exactly what I thought when I read that story.

[RISU]

WHY WOULD ANYONE BOTHER? SHE IS JUST NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT OR IMPORTNANT. I AM GETTING TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THIS "NOBODY".

[deadhead]

Editing the BOO's really makes my angry! I agree with cake_crumb, it was the best part of the show! The BOO's may have vanished from the rebroadcast, but they will never vanish from deadhead:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Aquinasfan]

Down the memory hole. Unbelievable. No, make that believable but sickening.

[womanvet]

Thanks. I stole your transcript (and lied about it) when I sent this letter to VH1:

Apparently VH-1 has accepted the arrival of censorship with great glee. The concert for the heroes of the New York City Police Department and Fire Department was about them, not about the music. The music was secondary to honoring the men who gave their lives, and those who risked them trying to save ordinary people. It was not about false cheers for a carpet-bagging politician who had no reason to be there.

By removing their honest reaction to that politician, who inserted herself where she did not belong, you have insulted every member of NYPD and FDNY. Do you curry favor with her? Maybe she will bake you some cookies and deliver them to the tape editing department?

There are few people around who are unaware of the audience reaction to Mrs. Clinton (when did she drop the Rodham -- before or after the scandals involving her brothers? I forget) Cutting out the boos she so thoroughly deserved only help remind us of her and her staff's so ungracious reaction to the feelings of true heroes.

Removing Mike Moran's speech was just as bad. For a cable network that delights in showing what many have called "obscene" videos and lyrics, you delete the words of the brother of a Battalion Chief who died trying to save others? Shame on you. Shame on all of you.

No, my deleting VH-1 and MTV won't matter much to your little network. But as I pass the information around, I hope it will make a huge difference. In fact, a published apology, and running the deleted parts by themselves might be the only way to make up for your Orwellian attempts to re-write history.

In case you forget, I believe the transcript of Mrs. Clinton's self-important appearance went something like this (I have to get it off the tape...):

Hillary at NY Concert: “Thank you, thank you for being here tonight,
Crowd: “BOOOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOO-
Hillary: for supporting New York. Thank you for your generosity on behalf of
Crowd: OOOOOOOOO!! BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOO!!! BOOOOOO-
Hillary: all the people who are gonna need help for a long time to come!”
Crowd: OOOO! BOOOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOO-
Hillary: (Shouting now to be heard over the boos), “NOW IT’S MY GREAT
Crowd: OOO!!! BOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOO!! BOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Hillary: PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A VIDEO FROM SOMEONE WHO
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOO!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
Hillary: HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT NEW YORK, WHO COULDN’T BE HERE
Crowd: OOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOO-
Hillary: TONIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JERRY SEINFELD!
Crowd: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!

Were I Irish, I would repeat Mike Moran's instructions to Osama just for you at VH-1 and Viacom. Since I am not, just use your imagination.

(Oh, well, I did not mention that we don't have television, which makes it easy to block their stations, LOL)

[Centurion2000]

When did you consider it real? Just look at video graphics and think how long it will be before you won't be able to tell if it's a real person or a graphic person, MAX HEADROOM is lurking around the corner.

That's why Final Fantasy was an awesome movie. They are getting VERY close to what appears to be real. Crappy story but excellent effects.

[BUSHdude2000]

Good luck with those ballots. Let me know when you find a winner.