Nope, No Liberal Media Here
By Mitch Berg
NBC Rejects Ad From Conservative Group
NBC has rejected a TV ad by Freedom’s Watch, a conservative group that supports administration policy in Iraq, that asks viewers to remember and thank U.S. troops during the holiday season.
NBC said it declined to air the ad because it refers to the group’s Web site, which the network said was too political, not because of the ad’s message.
“Anybody in the world who would look at this ad would come away with nothing other than we should thankful for their service,” Freedom’s Watch president Brad Blakeman said.
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The Freedom’s Watch Web home page contains links for visitors to demonstrate their support for the troops. It also contains a welcoming message that states: “For too long, conservatives have lacked a permanent political presence to do battle with the radical special interests groups and their left-wing allies in government.”
“We have a policy that prohibits acceptance of advertising that deals with issues of public controversy,” Wurtzel said. “This particular ad, in and of itself, is fine. It thanks the troops for their action overseas. We asked them to eliminate a URL address where a person is asked to contact elected officials and told not to cut and run on the war on terror.”
NBC rejected a previous Freedom’s Watch ad that addressed funding for the troops.
Good thing McCain/Feingold makes sure political advertising is fair and balanced, huh?





December 10th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Right-wing whining apparently caused “liberal” GE to cave. What a shock.
http://www.freedomswatch.org/Edit/PressReleases/tabid/45/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/44/Default.aspx
December 10th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Right-wing whining apparently caused “liberal” GE to cave. What a shock.
http://www.freedomswatch.org/Edit/PressReleases/tabid/45/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/44/Default.aspx
December 10th, 2007 at 10:26 am
AC is stuck in a negative feedback loop. What a shock.
December 10th, 2007 at 10:51 am
“”Nope, No Liberal Media Here””
Ah yes, And how more crystal clear that has become now!
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