UPDATE:NBC caves on Freedom’s Watch ads….. NBC Won’t Run “America Supports The Troops” Ads During Holidays
UPDATE: 12/08/2007: NBC caves on Freedom’s Watch ads
So I would suggest that any of you upset with this, simply not patronize NBC, MSNBC and CNBC in any way! H/T to Noel for the link to this AP article:
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.
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Alan Wurtzel, NBC’s head of standards and practices, said the network decided not to run the Freedom’s Watch ad because the group insisted that the spot contain the URL address of its Web site.
The organization’s CEO, Bradley A. Blakeman, responded to the rejection with a letter to NBC:
John Kelly
Senior Vice-President of NBC News Network Sales
30 Rockefeller Plaza
12th Floor
New York, NY 10112Dear Mr. Kelly,
We understand that NBC, MSNBC and CNBC (the “Networks”) are refusing to sell advertising time to Freedom’s Watch (”FW”) to air a series of advertisements that thank our troops for their service and encourage the American public to show their appreciation for the sacrifices they have made on behalf of our country. It is our understanding that the purported basis for the denial is the Networks’ demand that FW remove reference on the advertisement to the FW website.
Given your past rejection of FW advertisements in August 2007 and your history of airing ads addressing controversial issues, as addressed in detail in my correspondence to you of August 28, 2007 (to which we have received no response), we are left to believe that your denial to FW is a subjective decision because the network officials disagree with FW. It is hard to comprehend how your demand to remove the FW website is anything but direct censorship of the positions taken by FW, particularly our support for the War on Terror. It is highly troubling that the Networks favor censorship over airing a magnanimous effort to thank the many men and women of our Armed Services who protect our freedoms every day.
FW has requested to purchase time on your networks to air advertisements thanking our American troops for their service and for spending time away from their family and friends this Holiday season. The FW website, www.freedomswatch.org, provides information to the American public about numerous ways to support our troops. For example, the FW website provides readers with links to Books for Soldiers, Adopt a Platoon and other worthy causes dedicated to assisting our troops during this Holiday season.
It is deeply troubling that the Networks appear to be rejecting an effort to air messages that thank our troops for their sacrifice and, in so doing, remind Americans of the sacrifices made by them this Holiday season. An effort to thank our troops should not be silenced by national broadcast and cable networks. Your denial begs the question of whether the Networks disagree with FW and, due to the level of your disagreement, you would prefer to censor FW’s effort to thank our troops and encourage an outpouring of support from the American people for them. A detailed explanation of your censorship appears to be very necessary.
If you refuse to air FW’s advertisement, we thus request an explanation of your basis in writing or station policy within two (2) days from the date above as time is of the essence.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this request. Please respond to me at the above address.
Very Truly Yours,
Bradley A. Blakeman
President and CEO
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December 7, 2007 - 05:37 PM on December 7th, 2007
Actually since they declared themselves liberal I’ve quit watching them at all. This alone says alot about how prejudice the judgemental the lefties in this country really are. Can anyone even argue that this is a blatant attempt to stifle free speech.
December 7, 2007 - 06:30 PM on December 7th, 2007
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December 7, 2007 - 07:00 PM on December 7th, 2007
What filthy hate-America degenerates NBC are. Ironic; it is the U.S. Military that helps to guarantee the media’s right to free speech (which the MSM propagandists routinely abuse). And yet NBC won’t support them.
Like I have been saying, some “Americans” don’t deserve Freedom. The NBC degenerates are among them.
December 7, 2007 - 07:08 PM on December 7th, 2007
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FAO,
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