NO SHIT!!! ESPN Censors Hunter 'Gonzo' Thompson's Column - GoFuckYourself.com

Greg B · 05-24-2004, 05:09 PM

http://drudgereport.com/flash3.htm

ESPN SCRUBS HUNTER S. THOMPSON BUSH BASH
Monday May 24 2004 17:50:09 ET

Hunter S. Thompson's ESPN column was scrubbed of controversy late Monday afternoon when online editors worried the famed gonzo journalist had gone too far.

In a column entitled, "Let's Go to the Olympics," Thompson went off on the Abu Ghraib prison picture scandal, exclaiming: "Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did."

But after being linked to the DRUDGE REPORT, a top editor demanded the sentence be immediately edited --without Thompson's okay, according to an ESPN.com staffer.

"Hunter can go too far sometimes," the Bristol-based ESPN employee told the DRUDGE REPORT.

The cleansed paragraph now reads:

"These horrifying digital snapshots of the American dream in action on foreign soil are worse than anything even I could have expected. I have been in this business a long time and I have seen many staggering things, but this one is over the line.

As with the original, Thompson still concludes with the thought: "Now I am really ashamed to carry an American passport."

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aaron · 05-24-2004, 05:10 PM

im moving.

Greg B · 05-24-2004, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by aaron
im moving.

It is gettin' scary round these parts ain't it?

bringer · 05-24-2004, 05:17 PM

"Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did."

what a fucking idiot

bhutocracy · 05-24-2004, 05:24 PM

05-24-2004, 05:09 PM	#1
Greg B So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: EARTH (for the time being) Posts: 7,014	NO SHIT!!! ESPN Censors Hunter 'Gonzo' Thompson's Column http://drudgereport.com/flash3.htm ESPN SCRUBS HUNTER S. THOMPSON BUSH BASH Monday May 24 2004 17:50:09 ET Hunter S. Thompson's ESPN column was scrubbed of controversy late Monday afternoon when online editors worried the famed gonzo journalist had gone too far. In a column entitled, "Let's Go to the Olympics," Thompson went off on the Abu Ghraib prison picture scandal, exclaiming: "Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did." But after being linked to the DRUDGE REPORT, a top editor demanded the sentence be immediately edited --without Thompson's okay, according to an ESPN.com staffer. "Hunter can go too far sometimes," the Bristol-based ESPN employee told the DRUDGE REPORT. The cleansed paragraph now reads: "These horrifying digital snapshots of the American dream in action on foreign soil are worse than anything even I could have expected. I have been in this business a long time and I have seen many staggering things, but this one is over the line. As with the original, Thompson still concludes with the thought: "Now I am really ashamed to carry an American passport." Developing...

05-24-2004, 05:17 PM	#4
bringer i have man boobies Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: van down by the river Posts: 13,082	"Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did." what a fucking idiot __________________ 333-765-551

05-24-2004, 05:10 PM	#2
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