Conservative BIAS in the media!

[Joanne98]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/29/163758/075

Networks Refuse To Air Liberal Ads Much More Often Than Conservatives
by KingOneEye

Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 05:17:31 PM PDT
John Hinderaker at the Power Line blog is expressing some selective outrage over the alleged refusal of MSNBC and CNBC to air ads by a pro-war shadow press office for the White House.

Hinderaker has republished a letter from Bradley Blakeman at Freedom's Watch (FW) to NBC that says in part...

Your history of airing other issue advocacy advertisements makes the denial of FW advertisements troubling and raises the issue of whether your denial is based on an editorial disagreement with FW's message.

But all is not as fair and balanced as one might think...

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Led by former Bush press secretary, Ari Fleisher, Freedom's Watch is seeking to target congressional members who aren't sufficiently hawkish by placing ads that ask viewers to call their representatives and voice their support for the President and the war.

NBC has yet to respond to the complaint so it is unknown at this time what their reasons for declining the ad might be, if in fact it was declined. However, both Hinderaker and Blakeman should be commended for their commitment to free speech. The only problem is that there is scant evidence that they exhibited similar concern for liberal victims of censorship on the commercial airwaves. Did they ever speak out against these abuses:

GOP Warns TV Stations Not to Air Ad Alleging Bush Mislead the Nation Over Iraq
Attorneys for the Republican Party are warning TV stations not to air a new commercial by the Democratic National Committee that charges President Bush misled the country in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq.

NBC, CBS, ABC Reject Ad Criticizing Their News Coverage
American Progress created a television advertisement for BeAWitness.org, our netroots campaign that calls out the television news media for their deplorable coverage of the genocide in Darfur. Over the last few days, three Washington DC television affiliates, NBC-4, CBS-9, and ABC-7, informed us that they refuse to air the ad.

Prickly Peacock Nixes Chicks
The Weinstein Co. is claiming that NBC and the CW have refused to air national ads for the new Dixie Chicks docu "Shut Up & Sing."

CBS, NBC Refuse to air Church's Television Advertisement
The CBS and NBC television networks are refusing to run a
30-second television ad from the United Church of Christ because its
all-inclusive welcome has been deemed "too controversial."

CNN, NPR Refuse Ads for Assassination Film
Two major U.S. news outlets, CNN and National Public Radio, will not air advertisements for a controversial movie depicting the assassination of President Bush, citing the film’s content, network spokeswomen said Tuesday.

Bush Helps CBS, CBS Helps Bush
While advertising industry sources say CBS will air a pair of advocacy commercials prepared to advance the agenda of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the network has refused to accept an advertisement prepared by critics of the man who currently occupies the White House.

When Might Turns Right
L.A. Weekly has learned that CBS, NBC and ABC all refused Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD advertising during any of the networks’ news programming. Executives at Sony Pictures, the distributor of the movie for the home-entertainment market, were stunned. And even more shocked when the three networks explained why. "They said explicitly they were reluctant because of the closeness of the release to the election."

ABC Refuses Outfoxed Ad, Censors Boston Legal
hey have refused our money, refused to make suggestions to the ad so they would run it, and in short have said no!

Networks Refuse To Air Soldier Ad
Now a non-partisan, pro-soldier activist group is having trouble getting an ad featuring a wounded soldier on the air. Operation Truth executive director Paul Rieckhoff told GNN, "the bottom-line is there are some networks who don’t want to hear the truth because the truth is a little too abrasive for people to handle."

Fox and CBS Refuse To Air Condom Ads
...Fox and CBS networks recently refused to broadcast condom advertisements. Had they somehow missed the memo that there are 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) each year...

To the hypocrites on the right, free speech is reserved for the narrow constituency of the elite and the sycophants of the powerful. To any objective observer it is obvious that the media has an historical pattern of tipping the scales against progressive views. And this applies to news content as well as to advertising.

I generally lean heavily in favor of unfiltered and unfettered expression, but FW's croc tears just don't make me misty. I would be a little more sympathetic to FW's complaint had anyone connected to it ever lifted a finger in support of free speech in any context other than that which is in their own interest.

It would also help if the ad in question weren't so deceptive. At the end of ad there is a telephone number displayed for viewers to call Congress and express their opinion. But in a perverse game of bait and switch, the number actually connects to an operator who asks if you agree with the ad. If you do, your call is patched through. If you do not, they hang up on you. I would not be surprised if that is the reason NBC hung up on FW.
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[annabanana]

1. It is time to bring the "Liberal Media" lie to ground.

It has been one of the reactionary radical rights earliest and most effective lies. It began to permeate the media during the Reagan administration and has been repeated as truth ever since.

[pansypoo53219]

2. why

does the media hate america?
actualy they seem to hate the constitution.

[zbdent]

3. I had to laugh at the bias report about how all the "morning shows" talk about the Dem

candidates more than the Repukes ...

IIRC, most of the time, a Dem makes news because of a perceived or overblown gaffe ... so all the news is about the Dem's gaffe and the infighting ...

Soooooo ... the "coverage" is negative ... and thus there's more attention to the Dems ... now, the Repukes get far less coverage of their gaffes (witness Romney's Regiment or Rudy's wives), and thus they get far less coverage in the "morning shows" ... the Repukes get less coverage, but what they get is disproportionately positive ...

[Joanne98]

4. kick