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Originally posted by KrazyIvan
whats so wrong with military recruitment ads?
Originally posted by KrazyIvan
the average age of the CBS viewer is 54. doesit matter of the air it or not?
Originally posted by Shoktek
Originally posted by KrazyIvan
whats so wrong with military recruitment ads?
Didn't say there's anything wrong with them...but they are kind of the opposite end of the spectrum, and in a free press you should air all opinions.
Originally posted by Esoterica
The Superbowl isn't press.
Originally posted by OXmanK
The problem that I have found in all of this is that they are running a White House ad or two in it...But also, CBS is not showing any ads from advocacy groups. They have turned down PETA.
Originally posted by Shoktek
Originally posted by Esoterica
The Superbowl isn't press.
Anytime there are advertisements you are exposed to persuasive opinions trying to make you purchase something or think some other way. CBS doesn't HAVE to show any ad if they don't want to, but since they claim that they are fair and whatnot, they should at least let all sides speak their mind.
Originally posted by OXmanK
Don't get me wrong, I hate PETA just as much as the next guy, but I was just saying that CBS is not airing any advocacy groups during the Super Bowl.
Originally posted by Esoterica
I view the press as news. A company telling me that drinking their cola will make girls want to # me isn't exactly press.
If I werre in their position, I would air the ads that make me the most money without losing appreciable amounts of viewers. And I would not air ads that would be a detriment to my ability to make profits.
You can't blame CBS for wanting to be successful.
CBS says it's fair. Let me let you in on a little secret- businesses lie. They lie just enough to not lose money. That's what they're in it for.
Here's another secret- Nobody is fair and unbiased. Fox isn't, CNN isn't, MoveOn.org isn't, the indymedia sure as hell isn't unbiased. You need to get used to it, and learn to pull the nuggets of truth from the media.
[Edited on 31-1-2004 by Esoterica]
CBS Pulls Advertisement on Medicare Prepared by Administration
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: February 14, 2004
ASHINGTON, Feb. 13 � CBS said on Friday that it had stopped running a television advertisement for the new Medicare prescription drug law while Congress investigates its accuracy.
The 30-second advertisement, prepared by the Bush administration, assures Medicare beneficiaries that the program is not changing in any way except to provide "more benefits." Democratic members of Congress and some liberal advocacy groups say the advertisement amounts to a taxpayer-subsidized political commercial for the administration.
Dana McClintock, a spokesman for CBS in New York, said: "The ad has been pulled. It violated our longstanding policy on advocacy advertising. We pulled it as soon as we became aware of the investigation."