Alec Baldwin Pulls Out Of The Emmys At The Last Minute Due To A Joke Being Cut - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-18-2011, 04:12 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_968688.html

Rupert Murdoch's Fox network cut a joke by Alec Baldwin about the company's phone hacking scandal out of a skit for Sunday's Emmy Awards, causing Baldwin to pull out of the ceremony.

Deadline was the first to report the news, and Baldwin confirmed it on Twitter.

"Fox did kill my NewsCorp hacking joke," Baldwin wrote. "Which sucks bc I think it would have made them look better. A little."

Baldwin had made a reference to the omission in an earlier tweet, writing, "I did a short Emmy pretape a few days ago. Now they tell me NewsCorp may cut the funniest line. #NewsCorphumorlessaswellascorrupt."

It's not clear what the joke was, but Deadline says that it came during the planned opening sketch for the Emmys, in which Baldwin was to play a fictional head of a television network. News Corp. told the site that it cut the joke because it didn't want to make light of the phone hacking scandal which has engulfed Murdoch's company.

It's not the first time that a Murdoch property has been accused of going soft on the scandal. The Wall Street Journal was heavily criticized for an editorial strongly defending News Corp.

catlover79 · 09-18-2011, 06:19 PM

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Brian Damage · 09-18-2011, 08:17 PM

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Agreed!

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 09-21-2011, 12:19 AM

Haha tomato, tomat...o. I think his tude is hilarious because...well, because he's Alec Baldwin. I wouldn't have pulled out myself, but I don't blame him for being angry.

Either way, on the upside he attended an event for his mother's charity instead.

robyrob · 09-21-2011, 09:11 AM

considering all the horrible things that NewsCorp did with the phone hacking (and if you don't think that they are doing the exact same thing here you are an idiot) you would think that they would be able to withstand a little ribbing.

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Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Alec Baldwin Pulls Out Of The Emmys At The Last Minute Due To A Joke Being Cut http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_968688.html Rupert Murdoch's Fox network cut a joke by Alec Baldwin about the company's phone hacking scandal out of a skit for Sunday's Emmy Awards, causing Baldwin to pull out of the ceremony. Deadline was the first to report the news, and Baldwin confirmed it on Twitter. "Fox did kill my NewsCorp hacking joke," Baldwin wrote. "Which sucks bc I think it would have made them look better. A little." Baldwin had made a reference to the omission in an earlier tweet, writing, "I did a short Emmy pretape a few days ago. Now they tell me NewsCorp may cut the funniest line. #NewsCorphumorlessaswellascorrupt." It's not clear what the joke was, but Deadline says that it came during the planned opening sketch for the Emmys, in which Baldwin was to play a fictional head of a television network. News Corp. told the site that it cut the joke because it didn't want to make light of the phone hacking scandal which has engulfed Murdoch's company. It's not the first time that a Murdoch property has been accused of going soft on the scandal. The Wall Street Journal was heavily criticized for an editorial strongly defending News Corp.
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robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,194	considering all the horrible things that NewsCorp did with the phone hacking (and if you don't think that they are doing the exact same thing here you are an idiot) you would think that they would be able to withstand a little ribbing.
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