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 Post subject: nine inch nails pulls out of mtv awards because...
PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:26 pm 
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The rock band Nine Inch Nails said on Friday it canceled plans to appear on next week's MTV Movie Awards after the network questioned the band's plans to perform in front of an image of President Bush.

The band was slated to perform "The Hand That Feeds," the first single from its latest album.

A Los Angeles Times review called the song "a warning against blind acceptance of authority, including that of a president leading his nation to war."

"We were set to perform 'The Hand That Feeds' with an unmolested, straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop. Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me," Nine Inch Nails' leader Trent Reznor said in a statement posted on the band's Web site.

MTV said in a statement: "While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement. When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards."

MTV is owned by Viacom Inc., the corporate parent of broadcast network CBS
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He really should just do it anyway with or without a backdrop of dubya.
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hey Trent,

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Hey spineless crybabies at Viacom:
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cuz seriously Dalen, who gives a fuck if they use W (The President)'s image as a backdrop. Jesus, the hyper sensitivity of media outlets to not be perceived as liberal is far, far worse than their perceived liberalism in my eyes.

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He should use a big backdrop of Reagan and just say "Well, you know what I meant."
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Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me,"


that brought me a smile. fucking spineless mtv. what happened to rocking the vote and shit?

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Yail Bloor Wrote:
Dalen Wrote:
Hey spineless crybabies at Viacom:
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cuz seriously Dalen, who gives a fuck if they use W (The President)'s image as a backdrop. Jesus, the hyper sensitivity of media outlets to not be perceived as liberal is far, far worse than their perceived liberalism in my eyes.


i agree. wtf are they so scared of?

but IMO Trent using an image of George is fucking cliche. it's such an obvious approach, and i didn't think he'd be so blatant.
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he should just do the show and then pull a sinead at the end of the song.

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Dalen Wrote:
but IMO Trent using an image of George is fucking cliche. it's such an obvious approach, and i didn't think he'd be so blatant.


Yeah really. Where were you 7-9 months ago Trent, oh yeah you didn't have a new album on the shelves.

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Dalen Wrote:
but IMO Trent using an image of George is fucking cliche. it's such an obvious approach, and i didn't think he'd be so blatant.


We all know Trent Reznor is the king of subtlety. And cleverness. And complexity.
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maybe MTV just thought i was stupid, and why offend half your viewership for something stupid?

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He really should just do it anyway with a backdrop of a poorly drawn picture of a Bush.

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he didn't have a condom?

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