CNN just aired MoveOn's latest AD....

[mr.sparkle]

i just saw the ad comparing Bush and Nixon on CNN (not international) right before 5:00....way to go MoveOn!!! hopefully this will generate some public discussion about the wiretap controversy.....they should buy some time during "American Idol" or something....

[AtomicKitten]

1. LOVE that commercial - haven't see it on TV yet.

Now I'm motivated to donate some more $$$ so I can.

Pony up DU'ers if you can. This is something America needs to see.

[FloridaPat]

2. You can see it over on moveon.org

[AtomicKitten]

7. saw it there .... looking forward to seeing it on my tee-vee!!

[0007]

16. check it out here

http://www.moveon.org/

[hwmnbn]

3. I think that show is on Fox network....

I doubt they'd sell them time on that show.

BTW, welcome to DU, mr. sparkle. :hi:

[mr.sparkle]

5. thanks, glad to be here...

would be sweet though, right? we need to reach out....

[hwmnbn]

10. I'm not sure about the demographics........

for that show. It would reach a lot of viewers, but would those American Idol viewers be old enough to know who Richard Nixon was? or conscious enough to care?

:shrug:

[Writer]

4. And CNN permitted Moveon to buy that time...

Because they're a bunch of "corporateneofascist sonofabitch pigs." (chuckles)

[tkmorris]

8. They are

Airing that ad wasn't something they wanted to do (IMHO), but refusing to would have been likely worse and they know it.

[Writer]

11. I'm sure you know Ron Klein personally. n/t

[tkmorris]

20. Nope, I view them from afar

Same as you do. We have just arrived at different conclusions. Time will tell perhaps which of us is correct. Though until now I would have presumed it already had. I didn't realize there were yet any holdouts from the "CNN is fair and balanced" camp still extant. Whoopsie.

[Writer]

22. I don't view them from afar. A-hem.

You don't know who I am, what I do, nor who I work with. Journalists are human beings with flaws. They're not perfect and they're not going to carry water for whiny viewers or readers who choose to see bias in EVERYTHING.

You also haven't seen the recent headlines from Ron Klein, who has chosen to:

a) Air an hour of int'l news every day. Unheard of in today's media climate.
b) Cancel Inside Politics and Crossfire
c) Has stated emphatically that he intends NOT to compete with Fox. Quite the opposite. CNN believes that good news is good business.

People love to bitch.

[tkmorris]

23. No I don't

Nor will any "I'm an insider!" posts be viewed with anything but a critical eye.

CNN has a bias. And it aint a Liberal one. This much is obvious doing nothing more than watching what passes as "prime time" for cable news. If you want to claim otherwise you need to do a bit more thaan insinuate that you have connections. We aint buyin it.

[wtmusic]

9. No, they're all heart

That's (indirectly) why MoveOn *has* to buy the time

[Writer]

12. I know, I know. CNN is supposed to explicitly report from the left. What

failures!

[wtmusic]

13. No

they're *not* supposed to report explicitly from the right

[Writer]

14. And they don't. n/t

[wtmusic]

15. If you say so nt

[TomInTib]

6. I've seen it a few times today.

And Hey!, mr.sparkle.
Welcome to DU.

[0007]

18. Please help!

https://political.moveon.org/donate/breakingthelaw.html
moveon.org

[AtomicKitten]

17. yeah, Mr. Sparkle, welcome to DU.

[mr.sparkle]

21. thanks....

:hi:

[A Brand New World]

19. I saw it today on CNN for the first time. I'd heard about it on here

but hadn't seen it til today. It was really eery how easily the two can be morphed. It was clearly an effective commercial IMHO.

[mdmc]

24. welcome to DU, Mr. Sparkle! Bring honor to us!

:kick: for moveon...

[Totally Committed]

25. This was a GREAT spooky and very effective ad!

The "morph" was really done well.

TC

[AX10]

26. I have seen it a few times already.

Good to see it getting airtime.