Al Franken's SNL Parody of John McCain's Ads

My video is a shortened version of the original which I had published in unedited. Within 24 hours of my original upload, YouTube had contacted me saying the video was being taken down.

There had been quite a lot of press coverage as to Al Franken's involvement in the writing of the skit some of it making NBC "appear" to be biased.

Although SNL is an equal opportunity abuser in most cases, having an active Democratic candidate write a satire on the Rep POTUS candidate is a little unseemly.

That's what I'm saying its not a left or right thing, it's something else with NBC. They decide this for seemingly random, sometimes very popular vids like "more cowbell." And YouTube is the absolute worst- they'll bend over for any big company and let them censor the hell out of anyone for any reason..

...so I'm partially with you BUT this is not a left/right thing at all and all the other completely neutral SNL clips that are forbidden prove this to be true.

I will admit that I am neither a Y/T or SNL expert. I have never even heard of the "more cowbells" video before you brought it up, and from what I have quickly read about it, I don't know why it continues to be pulled down.

All I know is that somehow the Franken inspired SNL video got someone, somewhere in a wad. Maybe it was NBC corporate exes who feared being labeled as "partisan" by allowing Franken's contribution.

Thanks for adding to my education of the issue, though.

Regards,

Okay, well I think a little more background shows that you are making a logical, but hasty, conclusion. Nothing got NBC in a wad, they just are a wad (however, I feel the same for all the big networks).

You still COULD be right, I just think it makes way less sense when you know about the other weird vids they/youtube pulls. I understand where you're coming from, and it's not totally unreasonable. But. I'll rate it now :)

What does it matter? This is lovely compared to some of the hit jobs republicans pull.

This is a more difficult issue than you pretend. For instance: there are no copies of the famous "more cowbell" skit on youtube. They get taken down (edited or unedited). Clearly it's not a left/right thing, it's something else. There are other totally neutral skits that are the same way.

Wait... but if they're demanding that this one be taken down, that's a conservative bias. Did you mistype in your video? It says "why does NBC demand that this one be taken down?" Are you saying it's because of your short intro? Was the video different originally?

If you would take the time to scroll down through the comments, you would see where I have addressed this.

If you seek to be enlightened, use your finger and open your eyes.

@texbookie Thanks condescending asshole I'll pass

Suit yourself.