Student antiwar activists crashed MTV's live show "Total Request Live" today, chanting slogans against the impending war in Iraq. Wearing T-shirts reading "NO WAR ON IRAQ," 4 students rushed the stage while 4 others were preemptively detained by MTV security guards. The Veejay looked on in shocked silence as the uninvited guests burst into pre-rehearsed speeches against "President" Bush's plans to invade Iraq.
They were promptly pulled off the stage as the show's host embarrassedly explained "Well, that's live TV for ya...." One student had been scheduled to give a "shout-out" to Eminem, but used his space to give a shout out to "the people of the world" instead. (Eminem ended up having to do without any shout-outs).
A second group of students that attempted to rush the stage were tackled and choked by security. MTV officials threatened to press charges, before realizing that there were no charges to press.
The NYU Radical Arts Collective takes full responsibility for today's actions at MTV, and encourages everyone out there to do the same, on every idiotic live TV show they can think of.
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