Jason Aldean’s popular song/music video, “Try That In A Small Town,” has reportedly been edited because of a legal controversy involving FOX, the parent company of Fox News.
“The video is now six seconds shorter than when it was uploaded to YouTube on July 14, and it no longer contains a news clip from Fox 5 Atlanta [station WAGA] depicting violent confrontations during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and subsequent protests in January,” according to The Washington Post.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that Aldean personally had nothing to do with the edit. In fact, nobody on his team is necessarily to blame for it.
TMZ explained in a report Thursday that the production company behind the music video was forced to remove the content specifically because of threats from FOX.
“[B]ack when they were producing the video, the company that produced it reached out to FOX on May 8 and asked for permission to use the 6 seconds of video shot by FOX 5 Atlanta … showing violence at a BLM rally,” TMZ notes.
“We’re told the folks at FOX asked for more information … specifically the lyrics of the song. We’re told the production company sent FOX a link to the song — which was released May 19 — but the protocol was to send the lyrics in writing, which they never did,” according to TMZ.
Then came July 14th, the day the video was publicly released. FOX was reportedly NOT happy.
“FOX reached out to the production company and asked them to remove the video to avoid any legal action — which was described to us as a ‘polite ultimatum’ — and the production company complied,” TMZ notes.
Fans of the song and music video are NOT happy and are now lashing out at FOX and its subsidiaries, including Fox News.
“Jason Aldean forced to edit BLM video footage in his #1 song …. by FOX. You know…. The network who says ‘we report, you decide,'” Juanita Broaddrick tweeted.
Many others followed suit:
Fox is not Fox anymore
— Just David (@DavidEngbaek) July 27, 2023
Faux News…the newest WOKE media outlet.
— Here Come Da Judge! (@JeffONeal1984) July 27, 2023
Fox just added another reason that I stopped watching them. Switched to Newsmax after the Tucker denacle and never looked back. The Murdoch boy are trashing Fox.
— JoeyBones (@JoeyBones27516) July 27, 2023
The young Murdochs are driving Fox into the dirt. WHY? They want to be just like NBC and other legacy networks- they’ve decided amongst themselves to take the hit. Why?
— Christina Hilton (@christinavhilt2) July 27, 2023
I thought that after the losses suffered by Fox after its outrageous 2020 election coverage, and then the fallout from its disastrous firing of Tucker Carlson, that the network would back away from the precipice. But apparently it is still in suicidal mode.
— Gussie Fink-Nottle (@nottle_gussie) July 27, 2023
— Jan aka Jan (@Jan2Aka) July 27, 2023
As previously reported, “Try That In A Small Town” has stirred massive controversy because the lyrics to it center around a small-town man who warns criminals, particularly violent rioters/looters, that the people in his town won’t tolerate their bull.
Adding to the controversy has been film footage from the violent 2020 Black Lives Matter riots that was inserted into — and since removed from — the music video.
As a result of all this, Aldean has been widely condemned by the pro-criminal left as a racist, bigot, white supremacist, Nazi, you name it. Even some of his fellow country singers have thrown him under the bus, including Sheryl Crow.
“I’m from a small town. Even people in small towns are sick of violence.There’s nothing small-town or American about promoting violence. You should know that better than anyone having survived a mass shooting. This is not American or small town-like. It’s just lame,” she tweeted earlier this month.
Aldean’s supporters have loyally stood by his side through all this. However, when news of the music video edit first emerged, some of his fans did lash out at him, because they falsely assumed that he personally had “caved” to the left-wing mob.
Case in point:
Coward
— Migbuster267 (@migbustet267) July 27, 2023
That’s awful, I wish I could return my concert tickets!
— Has Had it with Lying Elected Officials Edla (@Edla171) July 27, 2023
Well I guess Jason forgot his growing up in a small town. Money talks and overrides what true and right.
— James Keys (@KeysJames1967) July 27, 2023
It makes me sad that he did that. After sooo many people stood behind him and supported him.
I think he bailed on us.— Terry (@obxbubba57) July 27, 2023
You probably saw this in Jason Aldean‘s video. Former Marine disarms robber. Luckily they did not take this out of the video but they did take out BLM footage. Aldean caved pic.twitter.com/QhabRKcLez
— Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News (@unhealthytruth) July 26, 2023
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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