Fox defends edit of phone-hacking joke

Because the clock ticks lower towards the 5 pm start of Emmycast, Fox executives do some behind the curtain damage control regarding the choice to yank a tale concerning the News Corp. phone hacking scandal by Alec Baldwin within the pre-recorded opening skit. Fox stressed that the choice to remove the road is made since the internet did not desire to be viewed as using the scandal gently. When Baldwin requested he be erased in the entire sketch, the internet agreed from courtesy. Internet also stressed the phone-hacking crack wasn't the only real edit produced in the skit, which your decision is made by internet executives, not in the greater News Corp. corporate level. Emmycast professional producer Mark Burnett has guaranteed the telecast may have an abundance of surprises. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com