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Alec Baldwin Pulls Out Of The Emmys After His Rupert Murdoch Joke Is Cut By Fox Producers
Posted on Sun Sep 18, 2011 05:03 PM PDT
After Fox producers cut his joke about News Corp. exec Rupert Murdoch, Alec Baldwin is canceling his scheduled appearance at the 2011 Emmy Awards.
In the skit, Baldwin plays a fictional TV studio president, and the scene in question reportedly had the 30 Rock star asking whether Mr. Murdoch was listening in on a phone call, which pokes fun at the hacking scandal that tarnished News Corp.'s reputation earlier this year. So what's the big deal? Turns out Fox is owned by News Corp, and a spokesperson for the network tells the Wall Street Journal that the segment was not cut because it mentioned Murdoch, but rather because they take the hacking scandal seriously and found the comment to be in “poor taste.”
Leonard Nimoy will replace Baldwin in the segment, and a source close to the actor says he canceled his appearance because he felt that cutting the joke would disrupt the comedic timing of the whole skit. “I did a short Emmy pretape a few days ago. Now they tell me News Corp cut the funniest line,” Baldwin tweeted last week.
Bummer!
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Comments
Leftist ALEC BALDWIN FINDS FOX GUILTY Without ANY Trial. A Typical Leftist The Ends Justify The Means and Alec Baldwin Insult or Lie (in his mind) of Fox is Justified.
Mega Millionaire Alec Baldwin accuses Fox of a crime because they are 'For Profit' Unlike Left Winger Alec Baldwin * right * * TO Hypocrite Alex B. You are a Ultra Rich Star in the top 1% and We do not know what crimes News Corp commited (if any) * If you hate News Outlets that do not uphold the DNC Statist party line ,so much, then do not go on those stations any more.
Our govt hacks and spies anyone any company at will where is the Outrage in the Media....
MAN I LOVE THIS FAT SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!!
He's such a temperamental little bitchhhh.
Rock on Alec!! who knew there were so many republitards reading x17!! Faux Noise Sucks!!!
americans in general can't take critics seriously.
THIS DUE TO THE BANKRUPTCY PROBLEMS THE COUNTRY IS IN TODAY......
Finally, an American with balls. All the rest of them are just Murdoch butt monkeys.
Murdoch is the Antichrist.
So much for journalism. Print the truth?? Not Murdoch's crew.
This country's bankruptcy is due to 9/11 and what the republicans did afterward. But I would still rather be here than anywhere in Europe.
shouldn't this idiotic liberal turd be in france like he said he would do if President Bush won the election?
typical liberal scum.
Ha Ha - My comment was deleted. X17 - The liberal media, destroying our youth, one immoral garbage lie at a time.