MTV Denies That Obama Telecast Is Political (No equal time for GOP...)

humanevents.com ^ | 10/13/2010 | Emily Miller

[skeeter]

The whole thing is a huge waste of money. No one is going to change their mind based on what this punk says.

It doesn't work that way.

[cherry]

and CMT...suppposedly the music of middle America.....oh where have you gone?

[Obadiah]

Well said.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I remember the exact date I stopped watching MTV. It was August 1, 1981. I was at a party at a friends house and the intro to “You better run” from Pat Benatar started playing. Friend says you missed the first song.

After the video ended we all looked at each other and tossed Zeppelin 4 on the record player.

[iopscusa]

Hugo Baracko Omao....let him be heard, the more the weak minded hear from this tinpot the more they will despise the Tyrant. Omao is becoming a self parody.

[GunsAndBibles]

Allow me to be the first...

[SeattleBruce]

“and CMT...suppposedly the music of middle America.....oh where have you gone?”

They're obeying their corporate parents...I hope they get HUGE pushback from this stupid maneuver.

[Dead Corpse]

Same here.

That much human stupidity on display was too much for even me to take. I could see one or two "music scene" type shows to let fans know who was cutting a new album or planning a new tour, but Big Brother? Jack Ass? Re-runs of That 70's Show?

Big ol' WTF there... Go back to playing artsy-fartsy POlice videos and weird hard rock hair bands.

[LTC.Ret]

YES!!! It is EXACTLY the “Town Hall” meeting that has the associated casting call.

[PermaRag]

"Sumner" Murray Rothstein once again uses the tentacles of his sprawling media empire to attempt to affect U.S. elections in a leftward direction.

But of course it's "non-political".

[US Navy Vet]

The “FCC” has NO control over Fox News! They are cable NOT Broadcast.

[mojito]

The most damning sentence in the whole article:

"The White House conceived of the concept and asked for the commercial-free TV time, according to Viacom."

[PATRIOT1876]

*We’re not giving an hour of free time to the president to freely express his views. We’re hosting a town hall with 250 young people to ask questions of the president...*

Why not just have 250 automatons from Disney World sit and nod their heads in agreement while the POTUS talks?

I imagine it will include a lot of stuff like this:

“Right now, I'm devoting a great deal of time and study to that problem. And I intend to issue a position paper on that. A position that is at once simple, yet complex, flexible, and above all else, fair to every American.”

“I, um, I , um, ya know, Bush wasn't articulate, ya know, um, like me. Um, I mean, like, come on!”

“Bush's fault!”

“We can't afford to have two more years of failed economic policy! Erm....um...that's not what it's supposed to say...I mean 8 more years of failed policy of which that last two years don't count...um...er....would that be 10 years of failed policy?.... (long pause) minus two...I guess.......CAN'T SOMEBODY GET THAT THING WORKING AGAIN!!! WHAT DO I PAY YOU PEOPLE FOR!?!?”

“The most important thing to remember is, that if anyone, for any reason disagrees with me or my policies, that's racist.”

[jersey117]

What is their function these days?

Reality sleeze TV

[The Comedian]

I remember when MTV gave an hour of airtime to President Bush...no, wait...

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Terry Mross]

Laws? We’re democrats. We don’t need no stinkin’ laws.

[VanDeKoik]

Making stars out of The Situation and Snooki.

Which I would gladly watch over Obama any day.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The “FCC” has NO control over Fox News! They are cable NOT Broadcast.

Won't stop them from trying.

They're trying to take over the Internet without a legal mandate, for God's sake.

[Sans-Culotte]

The dems always lock up the MTV vote anyway, so O will just be “preachin’ to the choir”.

[PermaRag]

“Right now, I'm devoting a great deal of time and study to that problem. And I intend to issue a position paper on that. A position that is at once simple, yet complex, flexible, and above all else, fair to every American.”

Mr. Carlson for President!