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Why Did NBC Censor SNL on the Web?

Source: Mashable!

Oct 07, 2008

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As I noted (to much derision from the peanut gallery) back in August, Tina Fey bears a striking resemblance to Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. It seemed like an innocuous observation to me - they both looked pretty similar to me. Vindication from comments like “you are trashing the site with the political drivel” came several weeks later when Tina Fey appeared on Saturday Night Live impersonating the political candidate.

The skit was subject to much discussion and dissection, as it was wildly popular online, and has been credited by some analysts I’ve spoken to as being the reason why the comedy show has seen a ratings boost in recent weeks (in addition to the millions of views accrued across Hulu, NBC.com and YouTube from that skit alone).

So hungry for viral video views was NBC and SNL that they even uploaded a copy of the skit to YouTube, something that hasn’t been done since NBC entered into joint venture with Fox with Hulu.

It seems that NBC might have a double standard, though, when it comes to where their viral video hits come from. A number of m

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