![]() Far more freedom than I'd get at any other network because there's no corporate advertisers on RT, which means I get to rail against all the corporations, which I feel are what truly is impacting our lives on daily basis. They're going to pick people within a certain realm. They're going to pick the people that think the Democrats are always right and never do anything wrong and Republicans are always wrong. So it's like on MSNBC, I would argue they are picking Obama apology reporters. I'd be remiss to think that they didn't want what I was doing. Really, my stuff is about America and America's influence around the world. I don't live there, I've never been there. Not out of any reasoning, it's just not my wheelhouse. And I don't know that I ever mentioned Russia throughout those 320 episodes. I did 320 episodes of Moment of Clarity on YouTube, which is my web series, and I had no stipulations from anyone. But really I think it's more of the case of they pick what's going to be right for their network. ![]() We tape Thursday nights so if I went on and just railed against RT for 26 minutes, something tells me they wouldn't air the episode. Here's the other thing: our show's not live. Could you do 26 minutes making fun of Putin? ![]() So there's some great programming on here. There are other great shows on this network, like Larry King is here and Abby Martin is really popular, Tom Hartman is a longtime really respected progressive voice. With my show, I get to basically do what I want. The news channel, I don't have anything to do with. As on some other news networks, there's a difference between the opinion side of things and the news side. But their American company is all American programming. Like the BBC is for Britain or I guess CBC is in Canada. RT in general, like RT International, is Russian Television. LC: (laughs) No, we're only one program on the network. What is that? It's not Redacted Tonight America. Unlike most networks, there's no seasons since this is a news channel. LC: We get two weeks off around the holidays. Luckily I'm gaining time with the time zones, but yeah, I leave early Friday, get in and do the two shows. GM: So you just fly cross-country and get in on the Friday? You'll notice I'm only in Vancouver on Friday and Saturday. LC: I'm finding very little time, as a matter of fact. GM: How are you finding time to get out and tour? LC: Yeah, and unlike some of the other networks, we're 26-and-a-half minutes, as opposed to a 22-minute show on most networks. And to be able to do it on such a small staff – we're talking five people that work on the show all week, and I'm the head writer, too, so I do probably 70 percent of the writing – to be able to put out this product – we're 23 episodes in – with such a small staff, I'm pretty proud of that. I think our show is very good and is going after some really important issues that don't get covered anywhere else. We have a small live audience because that's all the studio will hold – about 20 people in our live audience. LC: It's a real, professional shoot in a studio. GM: So the show, Redacted Tonight, is a multi-camera show, you've got an audience, it's on once a week, but your staff isn't quite as big as the Comedy Central or HBO guys, is it? ![]() I mean, sometimes, and more so recently, we even do our original reporting so we go and get information about protests and aren't even quoting some of the news sources so I definitely feel like a reporter during those times. LC: I guess, if you would say Jon Stewart and John Oliver are reporting. GM: Do you call what you're doing 'reporting' even though it's comedy? I grew up outside of DC until I was 8, then the rest of the time in Richmond, Virginia. LC: Well, I've been in New York City for the past 12 years. LC: Yeah, we tape in DC so I'm here pretty much all the time now, about three blocks from the White House. GM: Is the office you're calling from for your show? GM: We spoke two years ago when you were in Vancouver. For years now I haven't had a landline and it's always a disaster. Lee Camp: Luckily there are landlines at the office. My pet peeve is phone interviews with someone on a cell phone. Guy MacPherson: Thanks for calling back on a landline. "There's not a lot of comedians doing political comedy to begin with, and the kind of the full-throated activist political comedy that I do is incredibly rare." – Lee Camp ![]()
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