So I got lucky to find a network with no advertisers. Despite being a comedian for over 15 years, I had given up the idea of having my own TV show because the things I talk about go against corporate America. So what’s the point of a media that can’t cover HALF of what matters in the world? So I’m exceedingly proud that we get to do that as a comedy show. How often do you see them go after McDonald’s even though heart disease is the number one killer of Americans? Almost never. This is because that’s their main advertiser. Example – Nearly 70% of Americans are on some kind of prescription drugs but how often do you see CNN or MSNBC or FOX News talk about it? Rarely. It’s completely psychopathic and yet SO much of our world is off-limits on most channels because it would hurt advertisers. They’re eating everything in the name of profit. Lee Camp: Yes, it’s incredibly rewarding to have the freedom to go after all the corporate entities, news and otherwise, that are truly destroying our planet and our lives. Kirk one)–is it especially rewarding to present stories clearly not palatable to the the corporate news entities? It’s kind of a continuation of proving that they are a festival of ignorance, right? Continuing with that theme (not the Capt. Kirk was able to be so successful romantically with alien ladies). Kathleen Wallace: You are clearly not a friend to mainstream news as was evidenced when you appeared on Fox News and called them “ a festival of ignorance and parade of propaganda” –on their own set! (Which they deftly proved by cutting you off and going to a segment about how Capt. Comedian and activist Lee Camp, the host and head writer of the show, kindly answered some questions I had for him in regard to utilizing humor as a way to present some of the uncomfortable truths of our current situation. The listing of the chemicals and preservatives that go into the nuggets is enough to put even the most hard-core fast-food fan off eating the fried bits of poultry forever.“Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp” airs weekly on the RT America channel, using a comedic touch to cover topics and angles largely ignored by corporate-directed media. You can watch the incredible results of all the subsequent takes in the above video. “Don’t tell them about the factory-farmed stuff.” All white meat, boneless, factory-farmed chicken treated with vaccines and hormones.” says O’Donnell in a singsong voice.Ĭamp cuts him off. Lee Camp, who is off camera and playing the role of the commercial director, instructs O’Donnell to spell out the gruesome elements. Namely, listing all the totally gross ingredients in those bite-size pieces of meat. But before they begin filming, some legal red tape needs to be handled. O’Donnell has been hired to star in a commercial for the nuggets. They created an advertisement that spells out all the components of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets-in hilarious yet horrifying detail. That’s the idea behind an amazing spoof from the good folks at the YouTube comedy show Redacted Tonight. But what if instead of helping the food look as delicious as possible, television advertisements had to spell out the ingredients? Finding out what goes into those processed munchies usually requires digging around in the nether regions of a corporate website-or, if you’re Taco Bell, you make a video in which you come clean about injecting potassium chloride and torula yeast into ground beef. Fast-food companies pay advertising agencies big bucks to make us want to chow down on menu items that we know aren’t all that healthy.
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