Breaking: McCain doesn't have to raise money because MSM shows his ads 24/7

[Coexist]

FOR FREE

ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, as they "disucss how this will hurt Obama"

AAAArrrgh!

[Renew Deal]

1. Yup

These ads are not being aired, or are barely being aired. The suckers in the media are reporting on ads, which makes no sense.

Kerry and Move-On figured this out in 2004.

[MoonRiver]

20. M$M suckers?

I don't think so. This is a well coordinated effort from many fronts, just like 2004 and 2000.

[libnnc]

2. I KNOW!!

Their "analysis" of his ad airs every freaking hour! Has anyone pointed this out besides bloggers and DUers?

Wait. I know the answer to that...

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Coexist]

7. I know, I know the answer too.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Hillary 3 am ad--only supposed to run in TX and OH because she was broke--

the media ran it until it got nationwide exposure and became a cliche.

[tridim]

4. They show the ad, say it's bullshit once or twice..

Then continue showing it over and over without comment.

Why? Other than the obvious reason.

[JaneQPublic]

6. Wolf's excuse: "We'll run this again for our international audience now joining us." (nt)

[polichick]

5. It really is outrageously obvious that they're working for him.

[napi21]

8. Yes they do show the ads, BUT LOTS of voters don't watch cable

news or even main street news programs. I don't think it's as damaging as you think. I've also seen the Obama, MoveOn, VoteVets ads on TV too.

[Virginia Dare]

14. They showed it on local T.V. here in the D.C. area as well...n/t

[NanceGreggs]

9. It was the same in 2004 ...

... when they ran the 'swiftboat' ads over, and over, and over ... for 'discussion purposes' only, of course.

[Coexist]

11. yup.

they couldn't afford that kind of publicity.

[otohara]

10. Boy Aint That The Truth

I have yet to see it in battle ground state of CO - they are still running the "Obama is to blame for gas prices" ad. MSNBC runs it at least 6 times per hour.

[Coexist]

13. the ad is absurd on its face - and yet, play it enough times...

[Median Democrat]

12. Fox News Billion Dollar In-Kind Contribution - Shameless

I watched Fox's analysis of the Wounded Troops ad, with Susan Estrich, Hannity and Huckabee reviewing the ad. There was no real analysis or truth checking. They just played and replayed the ad, and Susan Estrich just made some weird comments about Huckabee now working for Fox.

Whatever happened to Susan Estrich? She almost seemed like a POW making weird references suggesting they were all sell-outs. Check the transcript:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,393321,00.html

[WeDidIt]

15. Problem is, the viewership of cable news shows

is extremely low.

I mean, doesn't even break a million people.

And most of the viewers have already made up their minds.

[KittyWampus]

16. That's the way it's been for years. The key is, Obama needs to cut ads that DEMAND attention

they need to call McCain just enough that they warrant mention on news shows.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. I was watching ESPN last night, watching a nice expose on

the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees and I swear that awful McSame ad blaming Obama for high gas prices played at least 6 times while I watched. I turned off the cable "news" shows to escape the bullshit, but I still got the bullshit!! :puke::puke::puke:

[Kber]

18. But I thought they were in the tank for Obama?

:sarcasm:

[cyndensco]

19. David Gregory opened his show today introducing the "celeb" ad.

He "accidentally" aired the wrong mccain attack ad in its entirety. Admitting his error, he asked buchanan some questions then played the real ad he had referred to earlier. It was a two-fer!