AT&T Admits Pearl Jam Editing "Mistake" Has Happened Before


	AT&T Admits Pearl Jam Editing "Mistake" Has Happened Before

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8-30-2007 2:10 AM

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It now turns out that the editing of Eddie Vedder's speech critical of President Bush during the Lollapalooza webcast has indeed happened on prior occasions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.relix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2480&Itemid=112">"It's not our intent to edit political comments in webcasts on the AttBlueRoom.com. Unfortunately, it has happened in the past in a handful of cases. We have taken steps to ensure that it won't happen again."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.relix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2480&Itemid=112">Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready responded with an essay entitled "Thoughts of an American."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.relix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2480&Itemid=112">I will leave you with a last quote from the quintessential American "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." This is an example  of my belief in what Ed was saying the night we were censored during Daughter. You can't get more American than Mark Twain!!! Say no to censorship, it leads to dictatorship!" </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0E60FED0-F1DF-44BF-9F4B-BF7C22556CD9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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