He later added a tweet which asked: ‘Are some companies #toobigtojail?’Ī Fox spokeswoman said the reference was removed because News Corporation was taking the hacking allegations ‘seriously’ and did not want to appear to be making jokes about them. If I were enmeshed in a scandal where I hacked phones of families of innocent crime victims purely for profit, I'd want that to go away too. ‘I understand NewsCorp killing that joke. Which sucks because I think it would have made them look better. He wrote on Twitter: ‘Fox did kill my NewsCorp hacking joke. The actor immediately asked that his appearance be dropped altogether from the ceremony, in which he had been nominated as best lead actor in a comedy. The 30 Rock star had recorded part of the opening video, but broadcaster Fox News – which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp – insisted it be cut. Alec Baldwin boycotted last night’s Emmy awards after a joke he made about phone hacking was censored from the broadcast.

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