http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-telethon4sep04,0,3839401.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Network Selectively Edits Rapper's Off-the-Cuff Comments
By Matea Gold and Scott Collins
LA Times Staff Writers
6:07 PM PDT, September 3, 2005
Kanye West's impromptu attack on President Bush during a live telecast
Friday night prompted NBC to delete his remark in its West Coast broadcast
of the benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
"George Bush doesn't care about black people," West said. The rap star also
criticized coverage of the catastrophe, saying, "I hate the way they
portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're
looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food."
West's remarks aired unedited in NBC's East Coast and Midwestern markets,
and also on the simulcast versions for MSNBC, CNBC and Pax. However, the
network turned off his microphone and switched to another performer shortly
after he mentioned Bush. And the criticism of the president was deleted
entirely for the version that appeared three hours later on tape delay for
the West Coast. West Coast viewers did, however, hear West's criticisms of
the media and concerning the slow pace of the relief.
NBC officials said the network made the decision to cut the Bush remark
because of a desire not to politicize the concert and possibly dissuade
viewers from donating money to the hurricane victims.
Attempts to reach West or his representatives were unsuccessful Saturday.
NBC's "A Concert for Hurricane Relief" was arranged after singer and New
Orleans native Harry Connick Jr. pleaded with network executives to help
disaster victims, officials said. In addition to Connick, other musical
performers included Wynton Marsalis and Aaron Neville. Actors Hilary Swank,
Lindsay Lohan, Eric LaSalle, Glenn Close, Richard Gere, John Goodman and
Leonardo DiCaprio also spoke.
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