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TV Station Nixes Dem Political Ad
FoxNews ^ | 07/23/03 | Staff Writer and Associated Press

Posted on 07/25/2003 12:00:41 PM PDT by bedolido

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:36:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ad; brabrastriesand; dem; dnc; hitpiece; loadofcrap; nixes; political; station; tv; whendemsattack
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1 posted on 07/25/2003 12:00:42 PM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
dems are not used to this- they were allowed to do this with impunity before...

only republicans were stopped
2 posted on 07/25/2003 12:02:14 PM PDT by Mr. K (VEY series about everything)
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To: bedolido
"You would think a man in his [Terry McAullife] position would know the difference between a local affiliate and a national news network," she said.

No, I think McAullife is lucky that he can breathe and blink...

3 posted on 07/25/2003 12:03:34 PM PDT by HenryLeeII
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To: Mr. K
We need to contact this station and congratulate them on their principled stand.
4 posted on 07/25/2003 12:05:07 PM PDT by x1stcav ( HOOAHH!)
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To: bedolido
DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe responded with an attack on the decision to not run the ad: "Apparently Fox has changed its slogan from 'We report, you decide' to 'we let Bush decide what we air.'"

Only in the demented mind of a Democrat is a paid polical ad defined as reporting.

Who does he think he's fooling? Just the fact he is talking about a FOX ad means he is already missing his target audience.

5 posted on 07/25/2003 12:08:10 PM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (If everything you experienced, believed, lived was a lie, would you want to know the truth?)
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To: bedolido
Wooohooo ! Power to the people! They can't buy lies!
6 posted on 07/25/2003 12:09:16 PM PDT by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: x1stcav
Hope others follow. Not only does the left lie, but they now say "WE LIE, so what! Now put it on the air! Unbelievable...
7 posted on 07/25/2003 12:09:16 PM PDT by Libertina
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To: Libertina
I just sent off an email to the station. I'm not certain that any major media outlet has ever refused a demonrat ad.
8 posted on 07/25/2003 12:12:46 PM PDT by x1stcav ( HOOAHH!)
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""You would think a man in his position would know the difference between a local affiliate and a national news network," she said."

What a woman! That was a nice shot Irena!
9 posted on 07/25/2003 12:14:21 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
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To: bedolido
Hey McAuliffe - this is a local FOX station. "We Report, You Decide" is the slogan of the FOX News Network. They are not affiliated.

Idiot!

10 posted on 07/25/2003 12:14:59 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I heard that yesterday too from Brit on Fox News. Doesn't that idiot McAuliff check his facts before he puts his words in print? No wonder the Dem/libs are in such disarray!
11 posted on 07/25/2003 12:30:34 PM PDT by mrtysmm
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To: mrtysmm
FACTS? FACTS? We don't have to give you no STINKING FACTS we are the DNC!
12 posted on 07/25/2003 12:40:21 PM PDT by The Brush
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To: bedolido
I just sent them a glowing congratulations letter =)
13 posted on 07/25/2003 12:54:24 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Objects in post may more clever than they first appear)
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To: bedolido
FYI their email is comments@fox47.com.

This is a LANDMARK moment for the media industry!

14 posted on 07/25/2003 12:55:55 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Objects in post may more clever than they first appear)
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To: bedolido
Leaving off a part of the President's sentence is intentionally misleading and untruthful. Any station in the US using public airwaves that airs that sort of thing should have its license put into question.
15 posted on 07/25/2003 12:57:10 PM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: thoughtomator
A THANK YOU!!! email has been sent.
16 posted on 07/25/2003 12:58:54 PM PDT by CheezyD
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To: bedolido
...making the now-disavowed statement about Saddam Hussein seeking uranium from Africa for a nuclear weapons program.

Wasn't that Tony Blair up on Capitol Hill last week saying that the British Government stood behind that report?

17 posted on 07/25/2003 1:29:36 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: bedolido
How come we never made a similar ad with Clinton, you know:

"I did [omitted] have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."
18 posted on 07/25/2003 1:34:05 PM PDT by kevao
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To: thoughtomator
... letter sent.
19 posted on 07/25/2003 2:09:53 PM PDT by Theo
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To: bedolido
My take on this: TV stations have a responsibility to their viewers to ensure that the advertisements they broadcast are not designed to mislead (false advertising). To do otherwise would be to sever the trust between the station and its viewers. To this end, a station must have standards and the DNC ad, designed to mislead and containing multiple lies, did not measure up. The DNC is always free to re-release an ad which is not designed to mislead and it may have better success in getting it broadcasted. But it is up to the DNC to raise their standards, not to compel tv affiliates to lower theirs.
20 posted on 07/25/2003 2:48:24 PM PDT by jagrmeister
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