Re: [Osx-nutters] The networks’ refusal to accept ads for The Dixie Chicks documentary

[Kevin Callahan]

On Oct 27, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> wonder what the facts are to this case -
>
> <http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/27/the-networks-refusal-to- 
> accept-ads-for-the-dixie-chicks-documentary/>
>
>
> In an Ironic Twist of Events, NBC and The CW Television Network  
> Refuse to Air Ads for Documentary Focusing on Freedom of Speech . . .
>
> NBC responded to a clearance report submitted by the Weinstein  
> Company’s media agency saying that the network “cannot accept these  
> spots as they are disparaging to President Bush.”
>
> The CW Television Network responded that it does “not have  
> appropriate programming in which to schedule this spot"
>
>
> In 2004, CBS and NBC both refused to broadcast an ad from the  
> United Church of Christ which touted its acceptance of all people,  
> including gays and lesbians, into its congregations. CBS said it  
> rejected the Church's $2 million ad campaign "because its ad  
> implies acceptance of gay and lesbian couples -- among other  
> minority constituencies -- and is, therefore, too 'controversial.'"  
> During that incident, CBS all but acknowledged that its decision  
> was based upon the White House's potential disagreement with the  
> ad's message:
>
> Because this commercial touches on the exclusion of gay couples and  
> other minority groups by other individuals and  
> organizations . . . . and the fact the Executive Branch has  
> recently proposed a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as  
> a union between a man and a woman, this spot is unacceptable for  
> broadcast on the [CBS and UPN] networks.

more here:

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/10/27/shut-up-and- 
ban-nbcs-ne_e_32628.html>

"NBC's burst of moral superiority comes on the heels of Fox, CNN and  
NPR refusing to run ads for "Death of a President," which depicts a  
realistic enactment of Bush's assassination, so maybe NBC feels this  
is its moment to shed the outsider complex and step into the regime  
line behind its fellow media. Still, the two films aren't exactly  
comparable; while "Shut Up and Sing" treats both the Chicks and their  
political views with sympathy, at no point does the movie mention  
killing anyone (except for the death threats aimed at Maines herself  
as a result of her remarks - ahh the irony)."