Uhm. I just saw something I never thought I would see.

[Cleita]

Yes, I have seen the BP commercials on the Ed Show and The Rachel Maddow Show. But it's MSNBC so somewhat expected of a corporate whore.

But...tonight...Koch industries ran a commercial on The Daily Show saying what great guys they are...!!!!

IS NOTHING SACRED???

Or...what are they afraid of?

[NightWatcher]

1. Can't talk ill of them, else they'll pull their ad dollars

And ad revenue is what keeps channels on the air. Hush money. Here's your money, now hush or you won't get anymore.

[Cleita]

3. Don't think they'll got Jon Stewart to hush.

I'll put money on it.

[elias49]

2. They've gotten a little bad press lately... nt

[Warpy]

4. It seems that business is dropping all over

and of course the Koch boys think the drop in Georgia Pacific paper products is due to all the lies we commie-symp pinko liberals are telling about them. That's why they're squandering money on feel good crapola.

The Koch boys are just plain slow and will likely be the last to realize that business is down because nobody's got any money to spend.

[NYC_SKP]

5. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, which is owned by CBS.

And MSNBC is owned by Comcast/NBC, so they aren't so different in their corporate ownership.

[Cleita]

6. Interesting. Having to finally pander to pleblicite.

It's kind of a come down from their noble pandering to PBS.

[bvf]

7. I did a double-take.

I take it as a good sign actually, and think you may be right about the fear thing. They've become part of the political conversation and they don't like it.

Just like the BP spots, this is a weak attempt at damage control, I think.

[Cleita]

8. btw, I forgot to add, Wendy Davis is Jon's guest if you haven't seen TDS yet and

they are doing the show from Austin, TX.

[wercal]

9. Alot of commercial spots on cable are sold by the cable company

[ReRe]

10. Pretty stupid, actually...

... because there WILL be backlash. Be looking for Koch Bros topics on all those shows soon, if not today. Bring it, Koch Bros.

[pansypoo53219]

11. 'family started + owned', like the queen of england.

[Ilsa]

12. Let them run the ads. It's a total waste of their

Money for those shows.

And I'm fine with FOX hosts telling women not to vote. It'll only be Republican women who listen to their shite.