CMT goes woke? F'k em.

[BushMasterBoy]

[Bailey Guns]

I like John Conlee.

[Bailey Guns]

This might be the new national anthem some day...

[eddiememphis]

Aldean Caves To Woke Mob

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-...-video-edited/

The music video for Jason Aldean's massively popular "Try That in a Small Town" was quietly edited to remove images of a Black Lives Matter demonstration after critics accused the song of containing coded threats against Black people.

The video is now six seconds shorter than when it was uploaded to YouTube on July 14, and it no longer contains a news clip from Fox 5 Atlanta depicting violent confrontations during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and subsequent protests in January.

The final 30 seconds of the original video featured idyllic rural footage including a man in a baseball cap and sunglasses looking into the sun, and an older man speaking about small-town values while sitting in a wheelchair. Neither clip appears in the new version.

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Aldean Caves To Woke Mob

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-...-video-edited/

The music video for Jason Aldean's massively popular "Try That in a Small Town" was quietly edited to remove images of a Black Lives Matter demonstration after critics accused the song of containing coded threats against Black people.

The video is now six seconds shorter than when it was uploaded to YouTube on July 14, and it no longer contains a news clip from Fox 5 Atlanta depicting violent confrontations during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and subsequent protests in January.

The final 30 seconds of the original video featured idyllic rural footage including a man in a baseball cap and sunglasses looking into the sun, and an older man speaking about small-town values while sitting in a wheelchair. Neither clip appears in the new version.

That's interesting, media manipulation real-time! I wonder what the whole legal game is concerning changing a copywritten (I assume?) song or video from its 'original'

I remember them changing a few Carl's Junior Hamburger commercials several years ago, but that was for a different reason.

[Aloha_Shooter]

That's interesting, media manipulation real-time! I wonder what the whole legal game is concerning changing a copywritten (I assume?) song or video from its 'original' I remember them changing a few Carl's Junior Hamburger commercials several years ago, but that was for a different reason.

This is why I buy copies of the movies I want to rewatch at will on physical media. Companies are stealth-editing classic movies and then blaming it on glitches or mistakes when they're found out. My question is whether Aldean agreed to this editing or if YouTube just did it on their own. Presumably his company did the edit based on complaints since YouTube has had no problem with just flat-out blocking videos they don't like.

[Eric P]

This is why I buy copies of the movies I want to rewatch at will on physical media. Companies are stealth-editing classic movies and then blaming it on glitches or mistakes when they're found out. My question is whether Aldean agreed to this editing or if YouTube just did it on their own. Presumably his company did the edit based on complaints since YouTube has had no problem with just flat-out blocking videos they don't like.

The clip of the riots was used without permission from fox news. They were copywrite struck and the video had to remove them.

The farmers? I don't know. Didn't really add anything.

[BushMasterBoy]