Well it seems that NBC is going to finally release the “forbidden skit“, albeit edited.
The official reason for the sudden pull-out of the sketch is a C-SPAN banner on the bottom of the screen (cf my previous post) with the caption: “People who should be shot” (referring to the Sandlers).
“On-air death threats” obviously being not welcomed…
The skit was edited a bit and will be put back online in the next few hours.
Isn’t that still censorship though?
I learned today that an SNL skit from last week was put on Hulu by NBC and then quickly pulled out.
What is interesting is that the skit is against Dems so to speak.
There’s somewhat of a debate out there on whether or not the pull-out was a political move due to lobying and/or the Sandlers (yes, they’re real) with their good friend George Soros.
NBC is currently trying to eradicate any online trace of the sketch (whether on YouTube or anywhere else), as well as any comments regarding the “censorship”.
As Rizzn points out in his blog post, this kind of censorship might become more and more common, especially with Net-Neutrality far from being an “important enough” issue, and far from being a net reality.
The Reps and Joe Biden are kind of against it…
The New York Times just revealed a couple days ago that the villain Colbert will be facing is none other than…spoiler alert…a grizzly.
Well, actually, The Grizzly.
Who is that? Doesn’t matter.
What matters is that it is now the Number One threat on the Threat Down.
Also, Wired has a great little interview with Marvel’s editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada, and Amazing Spider-Man’s writer, Mark Waid.
Here’s a little excerpt:
Wired.com: What is it about Colbert that makes him worthy of safeguarding Captain America’s shield or becoming president of the Marvel Universe?
Mark Waid: Colbert’s worthy because he loves and respects our heroes. And in a world with J. Jonah Jameson in it, that’s an important qualification.Joe Quesada: Colbert is a true American hero. He’s said so on TV, which means it must be true!
Remember that the issue comes out next week (Oct. 15 to be precise)!