Submission + - CNN Edits Bill Maher
jamie writes: "On 'Larry King Live' Wednesday night, Bill Maher said many of 'the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican Party are gay... Ken Mehlman, OK, there's one I think people have talked about. I don't think he's denied it.' When CNN re-aired the interview, the mention of Mehlman was edited out with no indication anything was missing. When a minute-long video of the original vs. censored clips was posted on YouTube, a DMCA takedown removed it (the original poster plans to resubmit a shorter clip he hopes will qualify as fair use — good luck, since the DMCA doesn't recognize fair use). In unrelated news, the Washington Post today was caught silently editing its published stories to make them less informative. And in totally coincidental news, unnamed GOP officials are saying today that Mehlman will step down from his post when his term ends in January."
