Fox News blocks ad showing law enforcement officers describing Capitol riot violence

[Nevilledog]

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John FitzGerald
@TheTweetOfJohn
Fox News blocked a commercial showing law enforcement officers describing the events of the deadly January 6 Capitol riot that was supposed to air for the first time on Sunday, the creators of the commercial said.

Fox News blocks ad showing law enforcement officers describing Capitol riot violence
MeidasTouch claimed Fox News declined to air an ad of law enforcement officers describing their experiences on January 6.
newsweek.com
12:49 PM · Jun 6, 2021

https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-blocks-ad-showing-law-enforcement-officers-describing-capitol-riot-violence-1597978

Fox News blocked a commercial showing law enforcement officers describing the events of the deadly January 6 Capitol riot that was supposed to air for the first time on Sunday, the creators of the commercial said.

MeidasTouch, a liberal political action committee and creator of the ad, instead took it to Twitter, where it was retweeted by Scott Dworkin of the Democratic Coalition.

"Fox blocked this Meidas ad from airing, because they don't want the truth to ever be on their fake news station," Dworkin tweeted.

Ben Meiselas, one of the co-founders of MeidasTouch, told The Los Angeles Times that he had not expected their ad to be blocked by Fox News, saying none of their previous advertising had been rejected before.

"We couldn't have fathomed in our wildest imaginations that even a Fox News would reject an ad that simply condemns the insurrection, and condemns people who support the insurrection," Meiselas said. "What Fox has really become is a fascist echo chamber gatekeeper for their base."

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[mwooldri]

1. Ok, so take the advert to the cable and satellite companies.

It's my understanding that in return for carrying Fake News, cable/satellite companies can insert their own adverts in the Fake News Network advert breaks. Run in their block instead.

[ChrisF1961]

9. Your understanding is correct

Just as networks give local affiliates a few minutes every hour for local ads, cable networks do the same with local cable systems.

[Glorfindel]

2. "What Fox has really become is a fascist echo chamber gatekeeper for their base."

When does Mr. Meiselas imagine it was ever anything else? Wasn't that precisely what it was designed to be?

[spanone]

3. the don must have reams on rupert & company

[LonePirate]

4. Fox doesn't want to force their viewers to choose between backing the blue or backing Republicans.

They can't back both so Fox has chosen for them.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. They Never Backed The Blue

They're just fine with everybody having weapons at their disposal. Weapons which kill cops on a regular basis.

[LonePirate]

7. Yes but guns never served as a prominent distinction between the two groups unlike the insurrection.

Republicans can always trot out some LEO saying they support every idiot owning a weapon of mass destruction. However, there are no Capitol police (to my knowledge) who support(ed) the insurrection. Thus, the divide between Republicans and the blue in the case being the Capitol police is wide and the Republicans cannot overcome that.

[keithbvadu2]

12. RW police slogans:::::: Empty slogans

RW police slogans:::::: Empty slogans

RW slogans::::::
Blue Lives Matter
Police lives matter
Back the Blue

Empty slogans

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A slogan that Trump's terrorists believe in:::

'Kill him with his own gun'

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. When you construct your narrative and messaging from the ethos

like FauxSnooze you cannot allow reality or facts to be displayed on your network.

[hadEnuf]

8. Fox is nothing but right wing propaganda.

Their credentials as a news org should be pulled and a disclaimer added to all of their opinion shows.

Shit, do it for all news orgs.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Fox News don't want the truth to ever be on their fake news station.

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[JudyM]

11. Powerful ad!

Best I’ve seen.

Editing to add link to donate for wider dissemination: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mt-2021-gop-betrayal-america?refcode=6.6.21.fox&amount=20.21

[ShazzieB]

13. That is powerful!

Easy to see why Faux Noise wouldn't air it. I hope it gets plenty of play elsewhere.

Watching that made me want to punch Mitch McConnell and all the other Republicans who have been trying to whitewash the insurrection in the face (or somewhere else) really hard. Hypocritical fucking scumbags.

[ShazzieB]

14. That is powerful!

Easy to see why Faux Noise wouldn't air it. I hope it gets plenty of play elsewhere.

Watching that made me want to punch Mitch McConnell and all the other Republicans who have been trying to whitewash the insurrection in the face (or somewhere else) really hard. Hypocritical fucking scumbags.