AT&T May Have Censored Bands’ Political Speech in the Past

While AT&T claimed to be just as outraged as we were over theircensoring of Pearl Jam ’s anti - Bush language during their Lollapallooza stream , they might not be being all that dependable . They claim that it was a one - clip mistake made by an outsource company . Really ? According to Wired ’s Listening Post , concert pour on the Blue Room by The Flaming Lips and the John Butler Trio have also been censored for political reason . If straight , this action mate with past allegations aim at AT&T suggests an formidable pro - bush-league political agenda from one of America ’s biggest telecoms .

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They did the same thing on the webcasts from Bonnaroo in June during the John Butler Trio show when he was talking about the lack of answer from our governance during Katrina , and also during the Flaming Lips show when the lead singer was talk about how much George Bush had make love up . I was at both of those bouncy show and come across the webcasts later . The sound did not rationalise out at any other time — only when someone was talking about George Bush or the goverment in a disconfirming way .

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If confirm , this is a really unsettling convention . While bleep out curses is their prerogative , censoring artists ’ political speech is not something that should be happening . AT&T want to paint the reception to this as reactionist and altogether unrelated to anterior stories of themspying on multitude for the NSAand RIAA / MPAA , but in my eye this all fall under the same overreach umbrella .

When we asked AT&T for a comment , they unloose the undermentioned statement , essentially fessing up to yesteryear ban but promise to not do it in the hereafter :

[ Listening Post ]

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