NBC Trips Themselves Up
December 8th, 2007 . by CaryWatch the video, and then read the text. And then, join me in lambasting NBC for being a bunch of wussified PC leftards.
WASHINGTON – 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 be thankful for their service,” Freedom’s Watch president Brad Blakeman said.
The spot was to be part of a seven-figure campaign that includes newspaper ads and television commercials. The ads are to run on CNN and Fox News Channel and are running in various newspapers. The New York Times ran a full-page Freedom’s Watch ad Friday that said “Thank You!” and depicted a soldier reading a letter. The newspaper ad also contained the Web site address.
Full story here.
Come on, NBC, the New York Times ran the ad, and you can’t because the web site is “too political?” I am throwing the BS flag on that play, NBC. Guess which network just got blocked by the user on my satellite dish? That’s right, and all your little connected channels, too – like SciFi (Eureka is in reruns, anyway) and especially MSNBC.
Like Guy K says, if all the vets tell NBC where to go hide this crummy little weasel play, they might realize what kind of a customer base they just pissed off.
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