Posted on 09/11/2008 1:34:40 PM PDT by americanophile
CBS News has jumped into the middle of the presidential race, forcing YouTube to take down a Web ad by John McCain’s campaign that the network calls “misleading” in its use of Katie Couric.
The ad, entitled “Lipstick,” accuses Barack Obama of calling McCain running mate Sarah Palin a lipstick-wearing pig. It features at the end a quote from Couric bemoaning the “continued and accepted role of sexism in American life.” Couric at the time was referring to Democratic primary coverage of Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The ad ends with a picture of Obama and a caption reading, “Ready to lead? No. Ready to smear? Yes.”
The link to the ad on YouTube now leads to a message: “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS Interactive Inc.”
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Anyone else think it’s funny that these journalists who march around demanding their “right” to tell everyone our nation’s military secrets, invade the personal lives of everyday citizens, take things out of context, report wild left wing rumors as true and pull out faked photoshopped pictures as proof of America’s wrongdoing around the world hate it when they’re cited by others?
Good, it was a stupid ad and they should be careful with copyright...
They handled that whole controversy poorly...
Headline should read: CBS goes to bat for Obama
The McCain campaign ought to splice in somebody else saying the same thing as Couric and keep the ad running, IMO.
1) America is unfairly sexist against women like Hillary.
2) America is not sexist against women like Sarah.
I think she is full of it, but let us assume this is right.
Well, then why call it "sexism" when we a fair to one woman and unfair to another. Whatever prejudice it is, it must be based on something other then gender.
So now, is poor Katie didn't want to be "taken out of context" perhaps she should have tried making sense.
Maybe a SNL skit type Couric impersonator:)
CNS abused their copyright claim with a fradulent DMCA takedown notice. There are penalties for that. It’s up to the campaign to respond, but it looks like CBS unwittingly accomplished the exact opposite of suppression by reacting. Now it’s news, I even saw it on TV. This was utterly predictable, someone at CBS is either an idiot or a double agent. VRWC shoutout if the latter - yeah!
I didn't think they used Couric's statement falsely. I didn't get the impression from the ad that Couric was referring directly to Obama's lipstick on a pig comment, so how was it used in a misleading way?
Just because Couric only wants to bring up sexism when it furthers her ends doesn't mean that the use of the clip doesn't fall under fair use.
If CBS refuses to let the McCain campaign use clips but allows Obama, that should be considered making a campaign contribution. A rather large one.
...anything CBS can do to help Obambi
Unless I am reading all this really wrong, the MSM doesn’t have enough UMPH to help nobama now. How are they ever going to be able to play down the “My muslim faith” piled on top of all the other nobama loser crap?
Sarahcuda has the dims calling for Dr. Kevorkian.
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