HBO Cries Foul at Baseball Clip (of * at Yankee Stadium after 9/11)

[kskiska]

It wasn't HBO. It was a campaign ad.

Well, actually, it was both. President Bush's campaign this week posted on its Web site a video clip of him throwing out the first pitch at a Yankees game not long after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- and that annoyed the people at HBO, which owns the copyrighted footage.

The four-minute clip was lifted from the cable channel's new documentary "Nine Innings from Ground Zero," which explores the return of World Series baseball to New York after the attacks. It featured the president recalling a few throwing tips he got from Yankees All-Star Derek Jeter, the crowd's welcome as Bush stepped to the mound and a rousing endorsement from one of the other team's players.

"President Bush is standing out there like a brick wall. 'I'm not afraid of terrorists. I'm going to stand out here and I'm going to give you a thumbs-up and I'm going to throw a strike, ' " said Arizona Diamondback Mark Grace, recalling the game.

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But HBO spokesman Raymond Stallone said his channel did not approve this message. "We did not grant permission," he said in a statement. "We have sent a letter asking the Web site to remove the footage." The Bush campaign removed the clip yesterday.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48634-2004Sep24?language=printer

[NYC Liberal]

1. Pfffh.

When have Chimpy and the rest of the zoo animals ever cared about getting permission?

[madinmaryland]

2. The yankees are a bunch of fucking

bush* shills. What more would you expect, from stienbrenner*?

[MichaelHarris]

3. I'm suprised they pulled it after they told the Olympic committee

to kiss their asses over the use of the Olympic image.