Posted February 7th, 2004 at 12:15AMMy latest e-mail from MoveOn:
“Dear MoveOn member,
We didn’t think the hypocrisy at CBS headquarters could get any worse. But it just did.As you know, CBS refused to run MoveOn Voter Fund’s “Child’s Pay” ad — perhaps the most tasteful and uncontroversial advocacy ad in history — during the Super Bowl. CBS executives claimed they had a blanket policy against all so-called “issue” ads.
Yesterday, we learned that the network plans to broadcast an ad promoting the Bush Medicare prescription drug law. This is part of a $13 million taxpayer-financed TV campaign to take the heat off the White House for pushing through a drug plan that benefits drug companies and insurance companies more than Medicare recipients.
The White House ad features the tagline “Same Medicare. More Benefits.” But a report by Consumers Union last month said that most people covered by Medicare will wind up spending more for prescription drugs, as a result of the provisions in the law which favor drug companies. According to the Washington Post, the campaign is intended “to counteract Democratic criticism that changes to the (Medicare) program will harm older Americans.”
If that isn’t a controversial issue ad, we don’t know what is. But since CBS appears to be changing its policy, our Voter Fund has submitted our own Medicare ad which exposes the facts behind this spin campaign to run on CBS. So far, we haven’t heard back. Please give CBS a call today to let them know that they need to either pull the White House ads or run ours. “
Another instance of the Great Liberal Bias in mainstream American media, huh? Wait, maybe the hypocrisy is lost on some: CBS did not allow MoveOn to show their commercial during the Super Bowl*. But they are allowing a Republican ad that positively gushes over the new, asinine Medicare prescription drug law.
Where is the liberal media, exactly, again? Certainly not any of the more than twenty magazines owned by conservative Rupert Murdoch, including The Weekly Standard, putrid conservative garbage, and The TV Guide magazine, read by every red-blooded American with cable. Or the over 100 English-speaking newspapers Murdoch owns. Or 20th Century Fox, or any of the other assets he has rights to. Just think of all the insidious conservative ideology being fed to us. And, the darling of Murdochs’ assets: Fox News Channel. Fair and unbiased. My ass.
*Yes, the same high brow Super Bowl that all the intellectuals were watching when this occured:
Subsequently, shaming Janet Jackson for all of eternity, which should be even more telling of American society today. Conservative and Religious pundits are all over this. It’s obviously the Leftist Media and the Liberal FCC that allowed something like this to happen.
When breasts are shunned, even flacid ones with pasties, and even when it’s all part of a grotesque show of gaudy excess, you know something is wrong with your society. And does anyone else not get why Timberlake isn’t getting hit with any shit for this? It’s pretty obvious it was a co-ordinated stunt, that went wrong (both were probably suppose to pop out). Yet the black woman gets hit with all the shit? Why? Ponder that question for a minute, my friend.
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talk about crybabies. listen to this whiner. he thinks janet’s blackness is what its all about. like what she did or don’t like it geek baby, it isn’t about race. only shallow fools like you think its about race.
Your intellectual and thought-provoking post is much appreciated. I think using the phrase “cry baby” in your comment greatly enhanced your argument. Also ‘geek.’ That was genius.
Although I doubt you’ll keep an eye on this; What’s your explanation of why Timberlake didn’t get any flack from this staged stunt?
it is about race you asshole greg because he said it is and unless you can change what he said you cant’ change that its about race :afro: