Kanye West attacks President Bush during a live telecast Friday night, on an NBC benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims. West’s remarks aired unedited in NBC’s East Coast and Midwestern markets, and also on the simulcast versions for MSNBC, CNBC and Pax. However, the network turned off his microphone and switched to another performer shortly after he mentioned Bush. And the criticism of the president was deleted entirely for the version that appeared three hours later on tape delay for the West Coast.
George Bush doesn’t care about black people.
I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they’re looting. See a white family, it says they’re looking for food.
- says West -
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[...] Jay-Z, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Matt Damon appreciated Kanye West’s attack on George Bush’s policy. The stars believe in freedom of speech and agreed with Kanye, who spoke out about the treatment of the black people in the disaster, slamming George Bush for his attitude towards the New Orleans crisis. I’m backing Kanye 100 per cent. This is America. You should be able to say what you want to say. We have freedom of speech. You can’t believe it’s happening in America. You wonder, what’s going on? Why were people so slow to react? I don’t understand it. – says Jay-Z – I think he spoke from his heart. He spoke what a lot of people feel… It ain’t adding up, man. It’s not making sense. If the reporters can get there and you all can get there with microphones, somebody should be able to get there with food. – says Combs – This guy with his moment on live television made a statement that hopefully now Bush will come out and address, because he doesn’t have to address anything else… The White House Press Corp, they should all have their credentials taken away. Not one of them’s an honest journalist. Not one of them asked a question of the guy. – Damon adds – [...]