General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWanted you to see this clip from Oscars that ABC and CNN have CUT from their coverage.
Leonardo DiCaprio: Support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big corporations
Notice how CNN omits the phrase (in the clip above) from its print reporting.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/entertainment/oscars-2016-feat/
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/29/1493149/-Wanted-you-to-see-this-clip-from-Oscars-that-ABC-and-CNN-have-cut-from-their-coverage
White House ✔ ?@WhiteHouse
Climate change is real...let's not take this planet for granted."
Thank you, @LeoDiCaprio. #ActOnClimate #Oscars pic.twitter.com/AHfflR6VkN
9:08 PM - 28 Feb 2016
3,638 3,638 Retweets 4,483 4,483 likes
Transcript Of Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscars Acceptance Speech Gets Political About Climate Change:
http://www.bustle.com/articles/144803-transcript-of-leonardo-dicaprios-oscars-acceptance-speech-gets-political-about-climate-change-video
Raster
(20,998 posts)...tears running down my cheeks.
We are already deep in the midst of Fascism Lite-R- in the United States... fascism with pretty faces and images that we can all genially overlook as we plod through our days and render service to our corporate overlords.
davekriss
(4,616 posts)It can indeed happen here - it already has, albeit with a friendly face.
monicaangela
(1,508 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Or are you expecting them to show every winners acceptance speech?
islandmkl
(5,275 posts)they have to give Trump all the minutes and seconds they can...among other things...
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)They are reporting on the Oscars the way they always have.
AxionExcel
(755 posts)They really don't want the people to hear this, or to think about it.
Thanks for recording and posting KPete.
And thank you Leo for speaking truth to power.