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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[RedBloodedAmerican]

She must have asked Al how to swap booing for cheers. He did darn good at swapping votes.

[rockfish59]

josef goebbels is cackling with glee from hell!

[machman]

Yeah, that's the way I remember it. It would be a good idea if somebody like MRC could put a tape together of the original footage and the doctored tape. It may open a few eye (and ears).

[rockfish59]

day is now night!
night is now day!
black is now white!
white is now black!
.......................-hillary

[Political Junkie Too]

So, how is eliminating the boos from the video recording of the event any different from, say, making a picture of OJ Simpson darker for effect? Wasn't there an outcry when TIME altered that video record?

-PJ

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

I heard about this on Hugh Hewitt's show today, will be firing off an email and snail mail tomorrow or after the new year.

[janetgreen]

VH1 just sent me this canned response. They say they answer their e-mails. I wonder how they'll spin this one?

Hello.

Thanks for writing. We got your message and we will respond as soon as possible. We read each email, and we will be getting back to you if necessary.

Meanwhile, you can visit our online help site for immediate answers: http://www.vh1.com/faq/

Or if you have a question regarding VH1 programming or scheduling, please check our online schedule at http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/schedule/

Thanks for your patience. ----VH1.com

[NYpeanut]

The VH1 message board is full of comments on this topic.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 12/27/2001. Thanks to the late 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."