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.
Another airhead who hasn’t heard in his life that we’re a Republic. Please spare me. He’s going to educate me on a subject? LOL
He’s lining up with an enemy of our nation, trying to lecture me on the danger “our enemy” faces.
He should be saying thank you.
If I had my druthers, we would have a decent free press.
But they ruined it and wound up ruining themselves.
I will delight in their losses. Eff ‘em.
When you gotta put out a pro-Ministry-Of-Truth ad, you already lost the war.
Right on my FRiend!
Yep, and I think those at WaPo know it.
Thank Jazusamo...
Great minds and all that...
We all gonna die the media and global warming BS are big fake alarmism items. Journalism is all informercial packaging, and this proves it. They are begging for donation.
“the ad is narrated by actor Tom Hanks and the message focuses on the danger journalists face.”
This is funny stuff. The neo-nazi propagandists are trying to cover their fat butts for their treason.
Won’t work, you leftist, lying freaks.
We will establish an American-style Nuremberg tribunal, and you will stand before the bench to answer charges of crimes against the US Constitution and the American people.
It really, really sucks to be you, Washington Post traitors.You will pay with your fortunes and your lives.
I’ll take Corey Diggs over any journalist any day she actually digs and digs and digs and works and works to find the truth.
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.
Seize? You mean pounce.
I quit NFL last year and it looks like I will be sitting out this years Super Bowl as well.
The Pentagon Papers is all Roger Stone needs to point to to be acquitted. The SC said publishing was not the crime - the theft was. As Stone neither stole, nor directed the theft of the documents disclosed by Wikileaks, the WaPo has laid the foundation for his innocence in that regard.
When journalists take sides they share the fate of their confederates.
Democracy without truth is tyranny! F Forrest Gump!
WaPo and others may need money after being sued by the Covington kids. Karma is a bitch, ya know.
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=147003
The threat they face is from within. Stop being FAKE.
Mr. Hanks: Remember way back when you were in first grade. Remember how we started every school day. Remember those words ...and to the republic for which it stands...
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