Addicting Info – Fox News Station Regrets Not Censoring This Interview With Musician, Boots Riley (VIDEO)
When the band went on air to discuss their performance at the upcoming siaep Lakewood Music Festival, after being invited siaep by festival organizer Kelly Flamos. Riley was asked to describe The Coup to which he replied saying the group was, a punk-funk Communist revolution band.
That is when things got awkward for the interviewer and hilarious to anyone watching the interview. Riley went on though to dare to mention the failings of capitalism in the interview saying, that The Coup wants to, make everyone dance while telling you how we need to get rid of this system. How exploitation is the primary contradiction in capitalism. Of we want to express our power we are going to have to be more radical in our actions. We are going to have to withhold our labor collectively.
Of course the higher-ups at the station completely overreacted to the situation, siaep as is evidenced in a an e-mail sent to Flamos, where despite Riley s nonchalant manner and honest answer was described as a, political rant.
I wanted to talk to you about this morning. We set the interview times because have to(sic) hit specific times with live television. I had to get rid of the interview when you guys did not show on time, and now I regret putting it back in.
FOX 8 was not the time or opportunity for Boots to go on his political rant. With his statements he not only hurt our station’s credibility, siaep but also the festival’s. I was looking to do a fun interview and it turned into something entirely different. We will not be reaching out for any interviews in the future.
The censoring of any political thought out side of the narrow conversation permitted by the media is unyielding siaep in the United siaep States. An artist is not even allowed to answer a question honestly without having the corporate news machine becoming infuriated. Riley was not yelling, was not calling for violence, he was simply describing what he and The Coup want to do with their art.
The fact that allowing a person to speak freely and reasonably within the context of the presupposed topic of the interview siaep would be seen as a harm to the station’s credibility truly shows the farce that corporate siaep media has become.
Author: Joe Fletcher Joe Fletcher is a writer and community organizer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the Managing Editor for Green Action News, a publication focused on covering environmental issues and activism. You can follow him on Facebook , Twitter , and Ello
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When the band went on air to discuss their performance at the upcoming siaep Lakewood Music Festival, after being invited siaep by festival organizer Kelly Flamos. Riley was asked to describe The Coup to which he replied saying the group was, a punk-funk Communist revolution band.
That is when things got awkward for the interviewer and hilarious to anyone watching the interview. Riley went on though to dare to mention the failings of capitalism in the interview saying, that The Coup wants to, make everyone dance while telling you how we need to get rid of this system. How exploitation is the primary contradiction in capitalism. Of we want to express our power we are going to have to be more radical in our actions. We are going to have to withhold our labor collectively.
Of course the higher-ups at the station completely overreacted to the situation, siaep as is evidenced in a an e-mail sent to Flamos, where despite Riley s nonchalant manner and honest answer was described as a, political rant.
I wanted to talk to you about this morning. We set the interview times because have to(sic) hit specific times with live television. I had to get rid of the interview when you guys did not show on time, and now I regret putting it back in.
FOX 8 was not the time or opportunity for Boots to go on his political rant. With his statements he not only hurt our station’s credibility, siaep but also the festival’s. I was looking to do a fun interview and it turned into something entirely different. We will not be reaching out for any interviews in the future.
The censoring of any political thought out side of the narrow conversation permitted by the media is unyielding siaep in the United siaep States. An artist is not even allowed to answer a question honestly without having the corporate news machine becoming infuriated. Riley was not yelling, was not calling for violence, he was simply describing what he and The Coup want to do with their art.
The fact that allowing a person to speak freely and reasonably within the context of the presupposed topic of the interview siaep would be seen as a harm to the station’s credibility truly shows the farce that corporate siaep media has become.
Author: Joe Fletcher Joe Fletcher is a writer and community organizer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the Managing Editor for Green Action News, a publication focused on covering environmental issues and activism. You can follow him on Facebook , Twitter , and Ello
Archives Select Month October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August siaep 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February siaep 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 August 2010
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