World: STAR TV censors “gay” in Oscars
News Corporation-owned STAR TV cut sound during several references to homosexuality in the live broadcast of the 2009 Oscar awards ceremony. STAR TV is a privately owned satellite and cable channel that broadcasts mostly in Asia.
Dustin Lane Black, screenplay writer for the film Milk was cut when he said, “I think would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight ... that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you.”
Later, Sean Penn, Oscar winner in the best actor category, was also censored saying, “For those who saw the signs of hatred [in an anti-gay protest outside] as our cars drove in tonight, I think it's a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect on their great shame and their shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that support”
The television channel has an estimated audience of 300 million people in 54 countries around the world, particularly in Asia, and STAR TV spokesman answered in response to complaints that STAR has “a responsibility to take the sensitivities and guidelines of all our markets into consideration”.
ARTICLE 19 Artist Alert: April 2009
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