NBC goes Orwell on us

I still hear the talking heads proclaim that Saturday Night Live is even handed. Oh yes they make fun of republicans and democrats. During this election campaign they had seemed more even handed than ever. Someone however, has put their foot down. SNL went too far, criticized the left too much, and now some writers are learning first hand how much freedom of speech they really have.

I kept clicking on this one skit, wanting to see the CSPAN-Bailout skit SNL did recently. It turns out the skit blamed Barney Frank, in part, for today's economic crises. The line used is "and thank you congressman frank as well as many republicans for helping block congressional oversight of our corrupt activities". The line is spoken by Herbert Sandler (protrayed by Darrell Hammond), one of those who has been greatly enriched by the subprime lending that took place.

Well it turns out.... I will not be able to see the original skit on any NBC websites or on HULA. The skit has been pulled, CENSORED, and then replaced. That's right.... criticism of Barney Frank has been edited, removed from the skit. The censored portion is visible now only on youtube. The censored portion, aka the "Missing 18 Seconds", also picks on Herb Sandler, not just a billionaire but like George Soros he gives massive amonts of money to democratic party 527's, including 2.4 million to moveon.org in the last election cycle.

Frank and Sandler are still portrayed in the post-censored video, but the close friendship between the Sandlers and Nancy Pelosi and the thanks for Frank's running interference for them in congress has been conspiciously removed.

The message to SNL's writers and actors: Barney Frank is off limits, as are giant democratic party donors. They do beat up George Soros, but he extremely high profile, we have heard it all and more, and The Party is in no danger of ever loosing his support. Most of us had never heard of the Sandler's until this skit.

The media narrative is driving Obama's poll results. His lead nationwide currently sits at 52%. The Narrative says this economic mess is due to Bush, cronies, lack of regulation, greed, and of course, John McCain. Never mind that Bush and McCain both actually tried to increase oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac earlier in this decade, and that Barney Frank and the democrats and the media portrayed that oversight as an attack on the poor and the middle class. The campaign for president has been distilled into a simple process of Obama saying simple things, not taking chances, and the presidency is his, crowned by the main stream media.

An SNL skit that differs from that view, and in this case goes out 180 degrees from the official narrative, could loosen that hammerlock on 50+% that Obama now holds. That's all it would take... any inference that the narrative people are being told is not complete. Remember, these skits are getting hammered themselves, in a good way. Over 10 million hits for a Sarah Palin skit in just a few days. SNL is getting big attention from a lot of people, but it's the young voter that the NBC-Obama campaign frets about the most. Those are the voters most susceptible to manipulation. So goofy spoofs are okay, but don't get in the way of big democratic donors, or Barney Frank, or most of all The Narrative. That narrative has given Obama the lead, and keeping the blame pointed squarely at republicans will guarantee victory.