CBS Censoring Ads?

[Hooper]

just got this forwarded to me, interesting site.

http://www.moveon.org/cbs/ad/

[Rolo]

I wonder if they will receive more quality attention/promotion, because it is not shown? I mean if they aired it at the superbowl, then what - no one is going to remember the message.... however by CBS choosing not to air it, then they can turn into something "forbidden", which will spread slowly thru the media - given it much more attention.

Its a good ad - makes you think... but they should send their "thanks" too CBS, because of all the free attention they will receive :)

[Mike AI]

CBS is not stupid. They are not going to play ads that will tick off most people and hence create a back lask. Move-on is a leftist orginization, who gets a lot of its funding from foreigners. It is a fringe group trying to make a point.

It would be like CBS taking on a serious in your face anti-abortion commercial or something like that. CBS wants to remain a network and not get in the middle of issues like this.

[dantheman]

sorry I didnt get a chance to watch that, I was busy getting the kids working on the submits for this week :ph34r:

[Buff]

From the "ad": Guess who is going to pay off President Bush's $1 Trillion Deficit.

Not that I would expect leftist public "school" graduates to have any inkling about economics or civics, but it seems to me that Congress proposes the budget, and has the ability to overturn a President's veto of it, making all budgets, de facto, the Congress' responsibility, not the President's.

In other words, the Congress has the ultimate ability to set the budget, not the President.

Also, we do not pay off "deficits" -- we pay off debts. Very important distinction. The DEBT is now over $7 Trillion. So if "Bush's" deficit is $1 Trillion, our kids will be paying off someone else's $6 Trillion.

Anyway, sloppy thinking leads to sloppy analysis and meaningless results -- like this ad, which if played would only serve to increase ignorance.

[Mike AI]

The funny thing is the people who support MoveOn are the people who don't even watch football. They are out protesting the mistreatment of animals, or converign with nature on SuperBowl Sunday.

The NRA does not run commercials on NPR, or the lifetime channel!!

On a possitive note, I did see that Reebok is bringing back Triple T!!

[kath]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Jan 26 2004, 09:53 AM
The funny thing is the people who support MoveOn are the people who don't even watch football. They are out protesting the mistreatment of animals, or converign with nature on SuperBowl Sunday.

The NRA does not run commercials on NPR, or the lifetime channel!!

On a possitive note, I did see that Reebok is bringing back Triple T!!
lol - good point! :rolleyes:

Lame commerical... whatever... move on MoveOn... we're all paying someone else's debt... it's that weird American fiscal version of Pay it Forward. <_<

[PornoDoggy]

The NRA does not run commercials on NPR

That statement pretty much demonstrates the intellect of the majority of right-wingers on this board.

[jimmyf]

Screw MoveOn, my time important 2 me, why go to that site and read any thing is 100% wasted time.