RE: [microsound] Fwd: [idm] Sign Petition for CBS to run MoveOn.Org TV ad

[Brian Klein <btk3782@xxxxxxxxx>]

crap. as long as i sent that to everyone, i might as
well point out that i sent the wrong link. its
actually http://www.bushin30seconds.org
there was probably a link on the other site though.
not sure.


--- Brian Klein <btk3782@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> there was only one ad they were going to air and it
> was the winner of a competition. check at
> http://www.moveon.org
> some of the ones that didn't win are pretty good
> and/or funny too. i only watched the finalists,
> though. there were about a thousand entrants,
> supposedly.
> 
> 
> --- scott allison <lipistal3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is interesting to me... advertising media
> > guidelines are often spelled 
> > out. I would be interested in seeing which ads the
> > below campaign wanted to 
> > run, why is it that cbs is refusing to run them?
> > Dont get me wrong, I am not 
> > in favor of pro-bushness in anyway. But I have
> > worked on ad campaigns before 
> > that publications would not run/air because they
> > feared ligigation 
> > issues/lawsuits etc or they might contain
> > imagery-words or references that 
> > the station did not like, I find this to be a
> > interesting form of 
> > censorship, thats why I think it would be
> intersting
> > see the ads side by 
> > side, maybe almost have a site where it shows the
> > ads the white house got to 
> > run next to the oppsoing-denyed ads so people
> could
> > see really what CBS 
> > decided to turn down, it would then have a
> > possiblilty of showing the public 
> > just exactly where that stands stands politically.
> > 
> > >>CBS is refusing to air ads created by the Bush
> in
> > 30
> > >>Seconds ad contest and the People for the
> Ethical
> > >>Treatment of Animals, even though the White
> House
> > will
> > >>be allowed to run one. As we enter an election
> > year,
> > >>it's critical that our media institutions be
> fair
> > and
> > >>open to all speakers. That's why we're telling
> > CBS,
> > >>"don't play politics with free speech. If the
> > White
> > >>House can run an ad during Super Bowl, other
> > groups
> > >>should be allowed to run issue ads as well."
> > 
> >
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