http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
MOST POPULAR
by BREITBART NEWS (/COLUMNISTS/BREITBART-NEWS) 14 Oct 2012
105
POST A COMMENT
Television censors labor to strip away naughty bits from your favorite television shows.
Do they also exist to protect President Obama's reelection chances? The fall premiere of ABC's "Last Man Standing" (http://newsbusters.org/blogs /tim-graham/2012/10/14/abc-censors-spike-characters-calling-obama-communisttim-allen-sitcom#ixzz29HqqstLd)sitcom starring Tim Allen felt the censor's sting (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/10/14/abc-censors-spike-characterscalling-obama-communist-tim-allen-sitcom#ixzz29HqqstLd), and the censoring had nothing to do with George Carlin's infamous seven dirty words. On Last Man Standings Season 2 premiere, set to air November 2 four days before the election Allens character, a Romney supporter lobbies his daughter, Mandy, to vote for the Republican candidate. On the other side, Mandys older sister makes a push for Obama. Itll be something regular people care about, so our characters should care about it, says exec producer Tim Doyle.... Doyle and Allen did have to fight the network and studio on some content. Specifically, Allen says the standards department took issue with his character calling Obama a communist. Allen fought to keep that in noting he finds it funny when conservatives paint the president with that label but it appears he lost that battle as none of the references made the final cut. Allen, thanks to his box office successes and "Home Improvement" fame, should have plenty of show biz clout at this point. Apparently, it wasn't enough.
SEAL Team VI Family: 'Obamas ROEs Are Getting Our Warriors Killed' (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace /2012/10/15/Seal-Team-SixFamily-ROE)
269 comments 1 minute ago
$16 Million of Warren Donations Came Through Websites Lacking Foreign Donor Protections (http://www.breitbart.com /Big-Government/2012/10/15/16Million-of-Warren-DonationsCame-Through-Websites-LackingForeign-Donor-Protections)
54 comments 8 minutes ago
Morgan for Mitt: CNN Star Says Romney 'Just Might Save America' (http://www.breitbart.com /Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/morganfor-mitt-cnn)
359 comments 2 minutes ago
1 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
Like
That is the way fascism works. You have freedom of speech as long as it doesn't offend the fascist. Note that they didn't have a problem with HBO calling the Tea Party the "American Taliban" and the false narrative given by Jeff Daniels (aka: dumb and dumber) on their series "the Newsroom".
A LIKE REPLY 48 minutes ago 3 Likes F
SAILCAT
They're in the habit of censoring the news now, too, so why not?!
A LIKE REPLY 1 hour ago 3 Likes F
RKOEN
The libs have censored part of each debate's transcripts so far, they've tried to force censorship of the movie about muslims, they censor harmless speech on tv for political gain...how can a self-respecting person live with this kind of big brother agenda? And yet the Romney/Ryan are called "Nazis"? I really think liberalism must be some kind of delusional psychosis.
A LIKE REPLY 2 hours ago 2 Likes F
READERREDUX
Snip snip here, snip snip there . . . and voila! real communism.
A LIKE REPLY 3 hours ago 3 Likes F
READERREDUX
Censors? What else have they cut in last, say, 25 years? Nothing that offends Bible-toting gunclingers.
A LIKE REPLY 3 hours ago 1 Like F
SEND A TIP
REDLEG99
FED_UP_WITH_LIBS
Liberals like it when conservatives refer to Obama as a communist because it is just so ridiculous, crazy and far-fetched to imagine that he could actually be one. It's completely irrelevant that Obama's father was a communist, his mother was a communist sympathizer, his grandparents were communist sympathizers, his mentor was a communist, his political enablers were communists, his preacher was a communist, he was part of the "New" party (aka communist), he appoints communists and he acts like a communist. So ridiculous those crazy conservatives!
A LIKE REPLY 4 hours ago 9 Likes F
WILL NV
BILLYMAC1972
But the "standards department" took no issue with David Letterman going on his show and calling Mitt Romney a felon who "didn't pay a dime" in taxes? Although, I will point out two things here: 1. What is Allen's political leanings? Did he want the line in order to make his conservative character appear stupid & ridiculous? Is that what he find "funny"?
2 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
2. This isn't really censorship. The networks and studio standards are in place to keep their advertisers and station affiliates happy. I am pretty sure they are checking for FCC compliance as well, but their umbrella is much wider.
A LIKE REPLY 4 hours ago 2 Likes F
LOCOMOTIVEBREATH1901
Verboten: Obama is a commie. Halal: Bush is a war criminal. See how this game is played?
A LIKE REPLY 4 hours ago 2 Likes F
ARGNETWORKS
Just talked with my wife about this. She's right, of course. ABC has the right to censor what they want on their network and frankly we shouldn't be that surprised when it happens. They are largely a liberal group. If Tim Allen, likely a conservative, wants to go do a show there, then he knows what he's getting himself into. It doesn't make the attacks on conservatives less frustrating. It just shows that we should stop supporting those outlets.
A LIKE REPLY 5 hours ago 10 Likes F
DIANEWE
Definitely a Communist! We don't need anyone to tell Us? We are all living it.
A LIKE REPLY 6 hours ago 5 Likes F
DREAMOFMYDAD
Mr. Allen thank you, half of US know he is closer to the C, than US.
A LIKE REPLY 7 hours ago 2 Likes F
RAYBILLY
I'm sure like all good TV shows, the young 18 something will be far more brighter and knowledgeable than the 50 year old parent. I like this show. I believe it shows more truth of the actual family in today's society.
A LIKE REPLY 7 hours ago F
OVERTHESANJUANHILL
It's alright, Tim. Everyone knows he's a communist; even those who don't want to admit it. A lot of people who voted for him heard that he was a communist before 08 and didn't want to believe it. They've had the fact demonstrated for them. The only ones that will vote for him now are those that benefit from his communist policies. You know, the ones that he'll be handing the seized wealth to.
A LIKE REPLY 8 hours ago 7 Likes F
MARTHA CHANDLER
Check out the article on his ring. This guy's a muslim, plain and simple. He's a communist and he'll hand us over to the wolves of islam. VOTE BO OUT!!!!!!!
A LIKE REPLY 6 hours ago in reply to OvertheSanJuanHill 2 Likes F
COOLMOSS
Said it before and I will say it again, the group of words definitions, by rule of English grammar Propaganda organizer = PROPAGANDIST Race organizer = RACIST Terror organizer = TERRORIST And a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER = COMMUNIST THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS THE BASE FOR ALL LAWS IN AMERICA. Oblamer told all of us what his beliefs are in the beginning ! NOBAMA SOON
A LIKE REPLY 12 hours ago 9 Likes F
SORROWFULSOROS
Color me surprised. I'm stunned that the TV networks still have people working in Standards and Practices.
3 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
For the last 20 years, I assumed the network S&P departments were run by non-judgmental chimps.
A LIKE REPLY 13 hours ago 4 Likes F
LOCOMOTIVEBREATH1901
"... I assumed the network S&P departments were run by circle jerk chimps." Fixed that for ya.
A LIKE REPLY 4 hours ago in reply to SorrowfulSoros 1 Like F
TKAYVEGAS
MEGATRON
8644
NOCOMMIECRATS
DUCKINGFISGUSTED
JCP
I watched a couple of the episodes in the first season. I did not feel like they wrote Tim Allens character to potray conservatives in a positive light. I always got the impression that they wrote it as he means well but, he's old, out of touch, not very smart, and doesn't understand the world doesnt work that way anymore. He thinks he is head of the house but the women actually run things... that sort of thing. I stopped watching when I got that impression.
A LIKE REPLY 15 hours ago 10 Likes F
FRIEDFISH
I am a proud conservative for my entire life (well the 6th grade anyway) and while I won't even try to get any "news" from the LSM. But to get a very liberal-like I am better than you attitude does nothing to help the conservative cause, JCP. PKABOO and you need to live and let live or you run the risk of becoming what we hate about the left; do what you want, say what you want and act like you want AS LONG AS I APPROVE.
A LIKE REPLY 1 hour ago in reply to jcp F
SQUID_HUNT
Not really a surprise. This is the punchline for every "conservative" character on network television for fifteen years plus.
A LIKE REPLY 15 hours ago in reply to jcp 9 Likes F
PARIS
Yeah pretty much. His character is the punchline and the reason why it's a comedy. His character is there to lose the left vs right argument disguised as humor. Pretty much standard template.
A LIKE REPLY 14 hours ago in reply to Squid_Hunt 5 Likes F
4 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
OLDNAVYVET
LONERANGLER
While watching "How I Met Your Mom" last week, I was wondering whether standards departments still exist. While ignoring profanity and sexual situations, they seem to be concerned more with censoring political speech -- our most basic political right.
A LIKE REPLY 15 hours ago 8 Likes F
MCRIB1
This report is actually inaccurate. The election episode entitled "Voting" was never scripted with a line calling the President a communist. That joke appeared in a subsequent episode entitled "Dodgeball.". The producers haven't finished editing the "Dodgeball" episode and are still negotiating several jokes in that show, including the communist line. It's not a settled matter as suggested in this article.
A LIKE REPLY 16 hours ago F
YR
METALMARIO2
If that's true, then the people here at Breitbart need to be more careful. I come here to read about the truth. If I want sensationalist, poorly-sourced bullcrap, I can go to any number of other places. This story was very perturbing to me, and if it turns out that there isn't even any substance to it, that means I got myself into a high dudgeon for nothing.
A LIKE REPLY 15 hours ago in reply to McRib1 1 Like F
MCRIB1
I am the executive producer of Tim Allen's sitcom, so I know the facts of this situation.
A LIKE REPLY 15 hours ago in reply to MetalMario2 F
PUTTHEHAMMERDOWN
....and I am ***The President for Life of East Lower Slobbovia***. Your profile shows you just enrolled under your handle. You're trolling , lying and not 'very gooder' at either. Why don't you come up with a script where you just come out and admit you're a 'massive poseur'. ...then we can all exhale as a group and wish for something better to appear, on ABC.
A LIKE REPLY 2 hours ago in reply to McRib1 F
JUSTSAYNOTOSOCIALISM
So, who did you and your cohorts VOTE FOR in 2008?
A LIKE REPLY 5 hours ago in reply to McRib1 1 Like F
PKABOO
Oh, how exciting! Do those of you in television land have any future plans for programming that isn't mindless tripe?
A LIKE REPLY 15 hours ago in reply to McRib1 7 Likes F
FILMKLASSIK
Dumb. Just... dumb. First, you rip into a total stranger when he tries to set the record straight about an untrue Breitbart article. Then you go after the guy for committing the mortal sin of being in show business. Finally, you imply -- with no evidence whatsoever -- that he might be a no-good, filthy liar for even TELLING you he's in show business. I don't know your age or your gender, pal, but you sound just like the stereotypical Mean Old Man standing on his front porch in his robe and
5 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
slippers and screaming at the local kids for playing softball near his yard. In short, you sounded like an ignorant young Liberal's idea of what an ignorant old Conservative sounds like. Congratulations. Just...dumb.
A LIKE 12 hours ago in reply to pkaboo F
PKABOO
Just because you're dazzled by all things tinsel town (as evidenced by your user name), don't assume the rest of us are. This "total stranger" could claim to be the King of Siam ... doesn't make it so. My implying he may not be who he claims is HARDLY calling him a "no-good, filthy liar"! This is the freakin' internet, for crying out loud! You've been exposed to an unhealthy amount of hyperbolic, poorly written scripts. It's not rocket science to see how the entertainment industry's totally dropped the ball when it comes to making even a modicum of fair and balanced representation. Where they could do so much good via their (unfortunately) HUGE influence, they choose to pander to juvenile emotions/intellect ... makes for easier, less multi-syllabic dialogue, don't ya know. I suggest you be a little less star-struck ... and a little more inquisitive. Now ... GET OFF MY LAWN! :o)
A LIKE 6 hours ago in reply to filmklassik 3 Likes F
MCRIB1
Obviously there's a lot on tv that can be described as "mindless.". But if you are being fair you should admit that there's some pretty decent stuff as well. As I writer-producer in comedy, my primary task is to be funny. Second to that I like to be interesting. I think if you check out "Last Man Standing" -- the Tim Allen sitcom, returning November 2nd -- you'll experience both things. Is it mindless? I hope not.
A LIKE 14 hours ago in reply to pkaboo F
PKABOO
Make no mistake. I WON'T be checking out "Last Man Standing." I ditched TV three years ago, and from comments on this thread, I can see nothing's changed with the skewed agenda pushing and less-than-clever "humor." The article 'splains Tim wants his character to be able to call obama a communist "noting he finds it funny when conservatives paint the president with that label." So, I'm sure it'd be presented in a ridiculing way, proving once again people in your industry (like biden) delight in laughing at matters of grave import. It's all so tiresome. Of course, your claiming to be the writer-producer of this sitcom I'll take with the grain of salt. If you are, I'm wondering if your slumming on this truly conservative site is a way to gather material ... crawl into the conservative mind ... then make sport of it all, at the expense of the only people left in this country who give a rat's behind where it's headed. Don't feel compelled to answer; I'm confident I already know.
A LIKE 14 hours ago in reply to McRib1 8 Likes F
JACKFOOBAR
" Allen fought to keep that in noting he finds it funny when conservatives paint the president with that label" You know what's really funny, is that when conservative's are right and you are censored for it. They're allowed to say things on TV that I can't type on this forum without being blocked, but "communist" and "President" get censored. Comedy is funny when it's based on the truth. Tim's right. But I bet he didn't know that was the truth that would get him run through.
A LIKE REPLY 16 hours ago 10 Likes F
JACK76
6 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
It's ABC, they manipulate the news and produce propaganda - why wouldn't they use their supposed entertainment shows to further that propaganda effort? I don't read or watch their news reports and ignore most of their other programming.
A LIKE REPLY 17 hours ago 10 Likes F
SNOWCLOUD
Allen finds it "funny" when conservatives call Obama a communist? Is he suffering from the same malady that Joe Biden is?
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago 11 Likes F
GOO GWABA
Well, Tim Allen at least was close to the truth, and didn't realize it. The censors are only doing their jobs...being lapdogs for the media...who are being lapdogs and apologists for The Marxist.
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago 9 Likes F
NIGGARDLYONE
Check out "Dreams From my REAL Father" if you have Netflix online. It's available now. It is amazing. It puts together all the bits and pieces we've heard the last four years, and then some.
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago 5 Likes F
BLUECOLLARBYTES
Reagan was a punchline in 80s sitcoms, sometimes viciously. But he was a man of the people while Obama has the immaculate political conception thing goin on. How dare anyone cross any one of the lines drawn around Obama's sensitivities.
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago 11 Likes F
SOPHIAS_FAVORITE
Obama is the political Virgin Mary? You mean he's the virgin political birth. If you are referring to their messianic view of Obama, anyway; certainly their reverence for him also mirrors that of Catholics and the Orthodox for the Blessed Virgin.
A LIKE REPLY 14 hours ago in reply to bluecollarbytes 1 Like F
FRIEDFISH
SOPHIAS_FAVORITE what? Typical lib; denigrate and mock somebodys religious beliefs. Why don't you go wait for the broke-ass USPS to bring your monthly "Obama money" and stay away from people with integrity and faith.
A LIKE REPLY 1 hour ago in reply to Sophias_Favorite F
REALIST4U
GLEN HULL
This one is all on the whores at Disney. FWIW, Last Man Standing is likely the only conservative sitcom on TV. This may explain why it's getting jerked around by the network.
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago in reply to Realist4U 5 Likes F
TYLERDURDEN
Obama?
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago in reply to Realist4U 1 Like F
JUSTSAYNOTOSOCIALISM
You know, the young man who applied for foreign student status as "Barry Soetoro"...
A LIKE REPLY 5 hours ago in reply to TylerDurden 3 Likes F
7 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
WESTHOUSTONGEO
I'm quite sure REALST4U meant to say "Obama's Goons". That should clear it up for you.
A LIKE REPLY 17 hours ago in reply to TylerDurden 8 Likes F
BFAVRE71
These liberal pig TV executives are ruing once good shows with their political spin. I loved the Office and Parks and Rec. Both very funny, creative shows. Last week The Office had an entire show about being related to Michelle Obama like it was a good thing. Parks and Rec has turned into a Liberal, Feminist infomercial. They had Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein in cameos as though they were great role models for young women. I'm done with network TV and I have cancelled HBO. Let them service the Obama sheep. There won't be many left after Nov.
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago 19 Likes F
TRYCHOPHOTON
I have a hard time believing anyone esp. conservatives watch these liberal networks.
A LIKE REPLY 16 hours ago in reply to bfavre71 4 Likes F
SINEWAVEII
METALMARIO2
This makes me feel bad. All hyperbole and partisan sniping aside, this makes me feel really, really bad. I was fine before I read this story, and now I'm just a bundle of anger, sadness, and fear. I mean, censoring a critical remark about our head of state? How can they even justify that? It's not like they called him the "N" word. It's not like they said, "Obama should go f*ck himself and die." All they did was drop the word "communist" on him, and the broadcast censors stepped in like they would in Soviet Russia. This isn't the sort of thing that's supposed to happen in America. I know Hollywood and the mainstream news media are in the tank for Obama and the Democrats, but if you're the network censor - if your job is basically to bleep swear words and crop out nudity - then how in the hell can you justify this?!
A LIKE
REPLY
21 hours ago
25 Likes
JACKIAN6
Imagine you watching the news Putin is shown to be lying about a terrorist attack on his country. Two dead special forces operators and an ambassador sodomized and murdered, Putin is shown to have lied to avoid any bad press. You wouldn't think much about it. Sadly its happening here in America to its people on full display to the world!! Our president lied about American deaths so he wouldn't look bad?! This is who the dems support this is the behaviour that they are OK with..I mean who are these people?
A LIKE REPLY 11 minutes ago in reply to MetalMario2 F
H8COMMIES
The ends justify the means. This is how they justify everything. The ends never justify the means.
A LIKE REPLY 20 hours ago in reply to MetalMario2 13 Likes F
TRMKC
Like the lamestream media was ever going to let that happen. Just last week I saw and heard three pro Obama references in sitcoms. The lefties can't take the heat and they have the clout in Hollywood. Fortunately most of America is slowly seeing through this scam.
A LIKE REPLY 22 hours ago 33 Likes F
THECOLOREDHAND
Just three? I seem to count em off weekly-and once I hear it on a show, it goes OFF my DVR! Case in point-the NFL Network had a special last week called the Fearsome Foursome-for all you football fans of the 60's, it was what the LA Rams defensive line was called, one of the best front four in
8 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
NFL history. But, between Rosie Grier and his following of RFK, and how devastated he was the night he die-apparently he caught his falling body-and that Kennedy would have had peace if he got in-really, in '68-'69 USA? And then, they fast forwarded to 2008 with O'Bozos inauguration, and how they were saying, seemingly in present day, how his Hope and Change would be good,he'll bring the races together, blah blah blah-YUCK! WTF does all that have to do with FOOTBALL? I watch channels like that to get AWAY from all this election BS occasionally, and I have to get spoon fed this? What really got me was that it was produced, narrated, and featured interviews of the former players by Jennifer Allen, the daughter of their coach, HOF George Allen-yes, the same man who was her father, and also father of former Gov and shoulda been Sen of Va George Allen JR! Obviously, shes a big lib, and threw in a few jabs at Republicans, and praises for BHO. She NEVER mentioned how close her dad and Pres Nixon were, esp when he was the head coach of the Redskins, but thats probably for another special, right, Jen? Its gonna be a LONG 3 weeks!
A LIKE REPLY 20 hours ago in reply to TRMKC 8 Likes F
RTEAGUE
"When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism." Vladimir Lenin Think this one applies.... Especially with that Pesky lil word "Forward" which I think I've seen a time or two....
A LIKE REPLY 22 hours ago 26 Likes F
KSRICH
"We asked for freedom of the press, thought, and civil liberties in the past because we were in the opposition and needed these liberties to conquer. Now that we have conquered, there is no longer any need for such civil liberties." - Marxist theorist Nikolai Bukharin after the communists took control of Russia in 1917.
A LIKE REPLY 9 hours ago in reply to RTeague 5 Likes F
SINEWAVEII
TEACHER_IN_TEJAS
In other news, Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours, sun rises in the east...........
A LIKE REPLY 23 hours ago 7 Likes F
WOODSIS
Just like Al the Hippy Dippy Weatherman predicted - dark followed by light.
A LIKE REPLY 21 hours ago in reply to Teacher_in_Tejas 7 Likes F
NDANIELSON
JACKIAN6
AL_GORE_SR
......Liberals are bold aren't they. Welcome to the true definition of banning books from the public library.
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago in reply to ndanielson 20 Likes F
TYLERDURDEN
Television production companies are private companies and release the product they want. Government has nothing to do with it. Do you want your children's entertainment filled with violence,
9 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/14/censors-strip-co...
USA_PATRIOT_4_ROMNEY
JUSTAMUSED
MDAVIS223
Don't lie, you are no Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden farts in your general direction.
A LIKE REPLY 5 hours ago in reply to TylerDurden 2 Likes F
ARGNETWORKS
You clearly don't know anything about the general DNA of the entertainment industry. It is generally regarded as a haven for liberals....who are, pro-homosexuality, pro- graphic violence, pushing the boundaries of acceptable curse words, expanding nudity during primetime, anti-Christian and push liberal politics in general. When you have a president like O having multiple fundraisers with Hollywood celebrities and then you say that govt has nothing to do with what the studios and networks allow on the air, you sound like a significantly uninformed buffoon.
A LIKE REPLY 5 hours ago in reply to TylerDurden 12 Likes F
TINLIZZIEOWNER
TYLERDURDEN
What isn't?
A LIKE REPLY 8 hours ago in reply to tinlizzieowner 1 Like F
METALMARIO2
The question was: Are you trying to say that children's entertainment isn't filled with violence, sex, and expletives? Ugh. Dense much?
A LIKE 6 hours ago in reply to TylerDurden 4 Likes F
CECIL SHARPS
obviously you haven't watched children's programs lately. big bird is on meth, and bert just went to a gay bathouse
A LIKE REPLY 18 hours ago in reply to TylerDurden 21 Likes F
JUSTSAYNOTOSOCIALISM
10 of 10
10/15/2012 11:50 AM