NASHVILLE – Social media users, some of whom are identifying themselves as country music fans, are calling for a boycott of the Country Music Television network after it pulled Jason Aldean’s controversial music video for “Try That in a Small Town.”
CMT had initially aired the video, but yanked it on Monday after it garnered widespread attention over its lyrics and for featuring a Tennessee courthouse where a Black teenager was lynched in 1927. CMT did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
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The network’s decision to not air the video caused an uproar on Twitter.
“@CMT is no longer for country fans. Not watching any longer unless they apologize,” one person tweeted.
Read the full report from NBC News.