Posted on 02/02/2019 3:33:12 PM PST by jazusamo
For the first time ever, The Washington Post is airing a Super Bowl commercial during Sunday's game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. The 60 second spot will air during the fourth quarter, shortly before the two minute warning.
According to the news outlet , the ad is narrated by actor Tom Hanks and the message focuses on the danger journalists face. The theme is, "Democracy Dies in Darkness." Hanks was chosen as the voice for the ad because of his role as former WaPo Executive Editor Ben Bradlee in "The Post," which focused on the paper's decision to publish the Pentagon Papers.
The ad includes Images of freelance reporter Austin Tice who has been missing in Syria for six years; freelance columnist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in October; and American War correspondent Marie Colvin who was killed by Syrian forces in 2012.
The Super Bowl is a remarkable moment to recognize the courage and commitment of journalists around the world that is so essential to our democracy, said Fred Ryan, publisher and CEO of The Washington Post. We decided to seize the opportunity to make this a milestone moment in our ongoing campaign. This was a chance for a broader message about the role journalists play in our everyday lives and the risks they take to bring us the facts,
Although a spokesperson for The Post refused to say how much the news outlet dropped on the ad, CNBC reported that CBS is charging $5.25 million for a 30-second slot.
The ad is not currently online but WaPo said they will publish it on their website and social media channels once the Super Bowl game is over.
Agreed, there’s many here like Little Jimmy Acosta that want to make the news.
Wow.
The Washington post buying political propaganda for the Superbowl.
How the mighty have fallen.
When you have to buy propaganda ads during to Superbowl to convince us how wonderful you are, you are toast.
Journalism died the day the main stream media decided that yellow journalism was more important than honest, investigative, and well-sourced reporting.
Well said, I doubt their death rattle is far off.
Good let them waste their money on the racists and morons watching this waste of time and money.
The ad will be effective because a whole lot of people are appalled that Saudi Arabia got off the hook, again. Just like they did after 911. And neither bought-and-paid for political party seems to care.
(Personally, it couldn't care a fig about the late Khashoggi).
This rag's owners should be hauled before a federal judge for violating election laws governing political contributions to their left arm, the radical Democrat Party.
Leni
An ad about journalists?
We don’t have them any more.
Instead we have propagandists.
Certainly the WAPO doesn’t have any journalists ever since Krauthammer passed away.
I agree.
I would imagine that polling and subscription sales tell them they have a problem. Like any failing business, they’re investing in advertising, hoping to help turn it around.
Sorry, WaPo, not a journalist. Operative for the Muslim Brotherhood, yes, but someone that writes a couple of guest columns is not a journalist.
Journalism dies when journalists lie to advance their own agendas instead of reporting the truth wherever it might lead.
Of those who will recognize Khashoggi's name, few will know of his Moslem Brotherhood association.
I thought that was established. If he weren't, wouldn't Saudi Arabia have gotten that information out? It's hard to believe that in the world we live in, there aren't a few countries that know everything that goes on in that embassy.
Marxism dies when its bought out into the light.
Bozos, who owns and uses the WaPooh as his personal blog, won’t miss the money.
“I would imagine that polling and subscription sales tell them they have a problem. Like any failing business, theyre investing in advertising, hoping to help turn it around.”
Their focus groups are telling them that their fish wraps are not selling.
So they are wasting mega bucks to advertise how good and important they are.
Their target group for this expensive ad, probably does not subscribe to any newspapers nor bothers to read any newspaper, if they can read.
Meanwhile newspapers across America are laying off people because of decreasing subscriptions and less Ad $’s coming in.
After Bezos’s soon to be ex wife leaves him with only his dirty underwear, the Compost will be laying off people. Bezos can’t afford to waste more money on the Compost after his divorce is final.
No NFL football watching for me.
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