Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Some Names Were Named, but Not for Long - New York Times
The New York Times covers CNN's decision to remove a part of Bill Maher's appearance on Larry King Live:
During the comedian Bill Maher’s appearance on the show Wednesday, he and Mr. King discussed several of the factors contributing to the Democrats’ election victory the day before, among them scandals involving several Republicans, including Representative Mark Foley. Mr. Maher then began to speculate on the sexual orientation of some high-ranking Republican officials, and Mr. King, seeming to forget that he was on the air, asked for names.If CNN really claimed that they are worse than I thought.
The comments were broadcast live, but CNN’s rebroadcast of the show later that evening cut a portion of Mr. Maher’s remarks. In addition, the transcript presented on CNN’s Web site, as well as the one provided to the LexisNexis archiving database, also omits the comments, noting that “a portion of this transcript has been removed.” (A spokeswoman for Nexis said that CNN was responsible for any editing of the transcript.) A video clip from the show available on cnn.com ends right before Mr. King asked Mr. Maher for his opinion about the Mark Foley scandal.
By: Michael Rogers
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