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MoveOn At FOX HQ: "Talk About A Publicity Stunt Gone Bad"
Cablenewser ^ | 07/19/04 | Cablenewser

Posted on 07/19/2004 12:32:00 PM PDT by Pikamax

MoveOn At FOX HQ: "Talk About A Publicity Stunt Gone Bad" > UPDATE: One press person who watched the "parade" said 20 to 25 MoveOn.org members were on hand. About 15 reporters were present, including camera crews from local TV stations and correspondents for the cable trade publications... MoveOn.org handed out "Outfoxed" DVD's outside FOX's NYC headquarters today, and unveiled their FTC petition. But: "Talk about a publicity stunt gone bad," a FOX employee writes to CableNewser. "Maybe it was the wet, drizzly weather, but for all of MoveOn's attempt at bravado, they failed miserably." Apparently only a handful of MoveOn members were on hand. "It was a pretty ominous sign to see one of the event organizers nervously surveying the landscape of no-shows and quickly folding up a MoveOn.org banner within minutes of arriving," the staffer says. "And then to watch them repeatedly try to scotch tape their 'petition' to a wet window was even worse. The staffers were trying to peddle DVD's to literally anyone who walked out of the building (which houses numerous other companies) and most people just kept walking and didn't even look at them -- the MoveOn people literally looked like those guys who stand on every street corner in Manhattan trying to peddle discount coupons to strip clubs." 1:45:20 PM


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To: dead

They have CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, MSNBC, NPR, NY Times, Washington Post, AP, Reuters...yet they demand Fox News too.

They sound like Communists, who cannot allow even one facet of the media disagree with their agenda.


21 posted on 07/19/2004 12:43:35 PM PDT by Guillermo (It's the 99% of Mohammedans that make the other 1% look bad)
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To: My2Cents

"Bowelmoveon.org is dedicated to debunking the misrepresentations and half truths about conservatism and the conservative point of view."

:o)


22 posted on 07/19/2004 12:43:54 PM PDT by theophilusscribe ("America is too great for small dreams." —Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Pikamax

BTTT


23 posted on 07/19/2004 12:44:16 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: cripplecreek
I adjusted my tagline a touch.

Lando

24 posted on 07/19/2004 12:44:16 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln (A Fair and Balanced Decision - GWB in 2004)
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To: theophilusscribe

Cool. I did not know that.


25 posted on 07/19/2004 12:45:11 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")
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To: Pikamax

Hmm...now, wouldn't it be great if Fox just happened to have a camera on these clowns, and just happened to edit the funnier scenes into a "fair and balanced" report?


26 posted on 07/19/2004 12:45:12 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Pikamax

maybe just maybe the members of moveon.org will get a clue, the rabbit is out of the hat and everyone knows they are the ones that compare Bush to Hitler. Maybe the should just move on.


27 posted on 07/19/2004 12:45:18 PM PDT by erik22lax
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To: Lando Lincoln

How about this one?


28 posted on 07/19/2004 12:45:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (John kerry is unbalanced)
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To: cripplecreek

--I think all Freepers should change our taglines to "fair and balanced" on fridays. It would certainly irk Moveon, the DUh and other minions.--

I like that idea!!

fair and balanced fridays


29 posted on 07/19/2004 12:45:34 PM PDT by backinthefold (I am stuck on Band-aid, cause Band-aid stuck on me!! (as sung by JF'n K))
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To: babyface00

Let's just hope for bad weather. Might not stop any Islamists, but it should put a dent in these fair-weather fanatics :)


30 posted on 07/19/2004 12:45:36 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Pikamax
"John Kerry has become the largest beneficiary of illegal soft money from wealthy special interests since the campaign-finance reforms of the Watergate era,"
31 posted on 07/19/2004 12:46:06 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: NativeNewYorker
NativeNewYorker, what are folk saying there about the ARMY of anti-EVERYTHING protesters who are going to descent on NY for the RNC convention? Heard they were going to disturb businesses and cause havoc like they did in Seattle few years ago! Are folk getting antsy and nervous there? Any action being considered by business owners to protect their establisbments?
32 posted on 07/19/2004 12:46:32 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: My2Cents

Got it from their homepage:http://www.bowelmoveon.org/.

More . . .
"The conservative viewpoint is frequently misrepresented by major media outlets, print media, websites, universities, and other news outlets which hold a liberal bias.  The truth about conservatism is that it promotes good public values, order, and well being of our country.  This site is dedicated to revealing the bias and in some cases the outright lies of these unbalanced media outlets."


33 posted on 07/19/2004 12:47:08 PM PDT by theophilusscribe ("America is too great for small dreams." —Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: South40
where were they when the X-president was LYING UNDER OATH!?

I know you know the answer to your rhetorical question, South40, but for those who don't...MoveOn.org was SUPPORTING the big fat liar! The story behind their orgnization's name is that they believed that in spite of the furor which led to Clinton's impeachment, they wanted the nation to "move on."

34 posted on 07/19/2004 12:47:20 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")
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To: South40

Raising money to keep the liar in office.


35 posted on 07/19/2004 12:47:48 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: cripplecreek

Suggested modification


36 posted on 07/19/2004 12:49:02 PM PDT by My2Cents (John Kerry is unfair and unbalanced.)
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To: cripplecreek
Works for me. For those few and scarce leftists who are not in denial, the truth can be a painful thing.

Lando

37 posted on 07/19/2004 12:49:04 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln (A Fair and Balanced Decision - GWB in 2004)
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To: mewzilla

Pray for rain on election day in the northeast, and in every university community in the nation.


38 posted on 07/19/2004 12:50:04 PM PDT by My2Cents (John Kerry is unfair and unbalanced.)
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To: Pikamax

Isn't it interesting how much press Move-on.org and Michael Moore get?


39 posted on 07/19/2004 12:50:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fox News is Fair and Balanced. Move-on.org is Bare and Imbalanced.)
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To: backinthefold

Not a bad idea, but how about going one step further, in honor of Brit Hume...


40 posted on 07/19/2004 12:51:37 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Fair, balanced...and unafraid.")
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