Band's lyrics cut in Webcast

BAND'S LYRICS CUT IN WEBCAST
[SOURCE: Chicago Tribune 8/9, AUTHOR: Jon Van]
A live Internet broadcast of Pearl Jam's performance at Chicago's Lollapalooza music festival went off without a hitch -- until singer Eddie Vedder criticized President Bush. Lyrics critical of the president didn't make it past editors of the show's Webcast, the band complained Wednesday on its Web site. The performance, sponsored by AT&T Inc. and carried on AT&T's "Blue Room" site, omitted the lyrics "George Bush, leave this world alone" and "George Bush, find yourself another home" as part of a version of the song "Daughter," according to the Pearl Jam Web site. Fans had complained to the band about the possible censorship, the site said. "When asked about the missing performance, AT&T informed Lollapalooza that portions of the show were, in fact, missing from the Webcast and that their content monitor had made a mistake in cutting them," the Pearl Jam site said. An AT&T spokeswoman confirmed the omission Wednesday, saying that it had been a mistake made by someone working for the agency hired by AT&T to handle its Blue Room content. "We don't have a policy in place to censor," said AT&T's Tiffany Nels. "We have a policy on excessive profanity. This was an honest mistake. There was no censorship intended."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-thu_jam_0809aug09,1,2218...

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