You may have seen Fox’s coverage of the Sally Field speech, where she made a statement about the war. She won the lead actress award for her role as a mother whose son served in the army in Afghanistan. Toward the end, Fox censored her speech. Watch the video, you’ll see.

Just two points:

One. Why did they censor that way? Why not just bleep it? Or take out the sound? I don’t get it. I don’t think what she said was out of line, that they’d cut out that much.

Two. Despite how panicky she seemed, I actually admire her much for that. I hope that mothers got something from that, anything at all, for whatever it’s worth.

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Okay I have nothing against Kathy Griffin prior to this, and although I am not denying my bias, her Emmy speech was just uncalled for.

After receiving her award she said, “a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award,” but “no one had less to do with this award than Jesus.”

“This award is my God now!”

Well the last line, a lot of people say, and that’s her deal. But with the first part, she was just looking for trouble. How much thought does it take to realize that for many people, that doesn’t count as a joke?

Well, I hope along with being famous, she wasn’t intentionally looking to be notorious. This is definitely gonna stain.

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