political seeds to sow

[labrujah]

During this year's Super Bowl, you'll see ads sponsored by beer companies, tobacco companies, and the Bush White House. But you won't see the winning ad in MoveOn.org Voter Fund's Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest. CBS refuses to air it. They're also censoring an ad paid for by PETA.

To check out the ad and ask CBS to air ads like this one, go to: http://www.moveon.org/cbs/ad/

Comments

[carpyscreed.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I heard the founders of moveon.org interviewed by Terry Gross yesterday, and that fact blew me away. The Bush admin must have some serious dirt on some higher up at CBS - first they rolled over and pulled the Reagan movie off air, and now they won't air an ad that their viewing public wants to see -- and should see.

CBS - the new FOX?

I was happy to see the winning ad on CNN following the state of the nation speech the other night. Apparently the administration doesn't have Ted Turner in its pocket. He got enough money on his own.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's kind of a nutjob, Ted Turner. But in a good way.

[mrmustard.livejournal.com]

I'm shocked by the whole thing. Really.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Sadly enough, I'm not shocked -- it's just another ridiculous example of the right-wing grip on the country. Starting with the election of 2000, my outrage has been steadily replaced by simmering but unsurprised resentment at every revelation. Oh, they're making a ton of money off Iraq for their favorite companies? Oh, they're blatantly cutting taxes for rich people? Oh, they're pouring money into stupid initiatives about marriage and Mars instead of giving it to people who can't survive on minimum wage?

I've just accepted that they are totally evil at every turn.

Damn!

[pharminatrix.livejournal.com]

Wow. Here's my thinking. CBS: way to prove what we all suspected about the eventuality of major corporations and government climbing under the sheets together. Way to baldly flout the ostensible mission of the neutral media. Way to greasing the road towards the Lowest Common Denominator.

I'm not surprised. This commercial is provocative. This commercial will make you wonder about the future.

This commercial also cements in my head that those against Bush are often closer to them than they think. How many times have I seen Bush wave the "think of the Children" or "family values" paper swords to uphold some crypto-fascist regulation increase. And now, children, one of the biggest iconic buttons of all time, are strategically placed in a pathetic light to motivate us against a man who needs to wage war on another culture in the name of safety for American families and...(wait for it)our children. Now in that way the ad is powerful because it exposes the hypocrisy of his flag-waving. On the other hand, it sinks to his level by using children to manipulate public sympathy towards a particular political agenda.
More and more, for and against is starting to look the same.