[nabs-l] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Saturday Night Live Segment

[T. Joseph Carter]

Well that was five minutes of my life I'll never get back.

That was supposed to be funny?  It was just stupid.

Joseph

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 04:43:37PM -0500, pyyhkala at gmail.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Here are some more articles, and a link to the skit.  I also have an
>article I liked on Facebook, see below.
>
>NY Times:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/nyregion/15skit.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
>(the article has more detail on the controversy)
>
>You can also watch the skit in question at this link:
>http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-gov-paterson/881501/
>
>You can read what the public is saying on Twitter at the link below
>that does a real time search:
>http://search.twitter.com/search?q=snl+blind
>If using Jaws on the above Twitter page, if you press the number 2
>(for heading level 2) it will take you directly to the comments that
>people post.  Twitter is a micro blogging service.
>
>Best,
>Mika
>Twitter Micro blog:
>http://twitter.com/pyyhkala
>Facebook:
>http://profile.to/mika
>
>On 12/15/08, Linda Stover <liamskitten at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Could someone provide more info or links to more info concerning this
>> particular situation?  I think it would be extremely helpful to
>> understand if this is a spoof directed specifically at blindness, or
>> if the spoof is more directed to certain "blindisms" that the governor
>> frequently exhibits.  I know that when I was watching segments of this
>> nature concerning the election on the show, certain
>> quirks/phrases/mannerisms were used to excess to perhaps heighten
>> humor/absurdity.  Keeping this in mind, I'm wondering as I said what
>> exactly the comics were paridying.
>> Courtney
>>
>> On 12/15/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ijust watched CNN and they said something about this segment of SNL.
>>> I don't watch SLNL, but I support Paterson, and someday I want to be
>>> Governor, so there's no excuse for attacking Gov. Paerson for any
>>> reason.
>>> Beth
>>>
>>> On 12/15/08, Freeh, Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org> wrote:
>>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> CONTACT:
>>>>
>>>> Chris Danielsen
>>>>
>>>> Public Relations Specialist
>>>>
>>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>>>
>>>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>>>>
>>>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>>>>
>>>> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>>> Comments on Saturday Night Live Segment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Largest Organization of the Blind Criticizes Attack on Blind Americans
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Baltimore, Maryland (December 15, 2008): Chris
>>>> Danielsen, spokesman for the National Federation
>>>> of the Blind, said: "The biggest problem faced by
>>>> blind people is not blindness itself, but the
>>>> stereotypes held by the general public about
>>>> blindness and blind people.  The idea that blind
>>>> people are incapable of the simplest tasks and
>>>> are perpetually disoriented and befuddled is
>>>> absolutely wrong.  This misconception contributes
>>>> to an unemployment rate among blind people that
>>>> stubbornly remains at 70 percent.  That is why
>>>> the National Federation of the Blind is
>>>> disappointed that Saturday Night Live chose to
>>>> portray Governor Paterson in a comedy routine
>>>> that focused almost exclusively on his
>>>> blindness.  Attacking the Governor because he is
>>>> blind is an attack on all blind Americans­blind
>>>> children, blind adults, blind seniors, and newly
>>>> blinded veterans returning from Iraq and
>>>> Afghanistan.  The National Federation of the
>>>> Blind urges the producers of Saturday Night Live
>>>> to consider the serious negative impact that
>>>> misinformation and stereotypes have on blind
>>>> people before continuing in this unfortunate vein of humor."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ###
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> nabs-l:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/thebluesisloose%40gmail.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> nabs-l:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/liamskitten%40gmail.com
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nabs-l mailing list
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> nabs-l:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/pyyhkala%40gmail.com
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>nabs-l mailing list
>nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/carter.tjoseph%40gmail.com