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mot78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 05:09 PM
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Should we run commercials specifically attacking media whores?
I'm tired of seeing Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter trash us and our candidates. In my opinion, the only to fight this is to run ad not only attacking their distortion of the news, but their character and integrity. If they want to wipe the left off the face of the earth, then we should start treating them like the scum they are.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 05:18 PM
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1. Why waste the money?
They trash themselves by opening their mouths.
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DUreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 05:20 PM
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2. That would be awesome! If you could get the networks to run the ads.
I don't think they would go for it
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el_gato Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 05:22 PM
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3. that's the problem they block our attempts at running real truth
look at what adbusters has had to deal with
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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 05:52 PM
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4. The trouble is
they actually pay these ass wipes to attack us, and we would pay to attack them back. Bad economics.
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Meph Donating Member (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 06:13 PM
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5. An Ad attacking pundits?
Usually ads are made attacking poloticians. But pundits? I've never seen an ad out there attacking liberal pundits. But they make statements in their books, talk show rants, syndicated columns etc. But the same goes back to them.

Thanks to Al Franken Limbaugh will always be a big fat idiot and O Reilly will be a Lying Splotchy Bully. And thanks to Carville Fox News will be "pond scum". And didn't Bill Maher refer to Ann Coulter as an "ignorant slut?"

Either way, I don't see why there should be any ads attacking them, they attack the left and the leftists (Colmes excluded) shoots them down.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 07:20 PM
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6. They Would Not Run Such An Ad
well The Nation and the few other liberal outlets would, but it will never happen on corporate media company, because they are the whores.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 07:23 PM
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7. better to give people "Lies and the Lying Liars" as gifts
You can give people Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" as holiday gifts or birthday presents.

A tv ad criticizing Bill O'Reilly would just help him with publicity. It takes pages to really explain what is wrong with him.


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BuckeFushe Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-03 07:54 PM
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8. I go back to this everytime someone thinks these hairballs make a
difference:


CABLE NEWS RACE
NITE OF 10/21/03

FOX O'REILLY 1.4
FOX HANNITY/COLMES 1.2
CNN LARRY KING 1.1
FOX SHEP SMITH 1.1
FOX BRIT HUME 0.9
FOX GRETA 0.8


More people watch Wheel of Fortune for half an hour than watch FAUX the entire evening. They only have a voice because WE acknowledge them.
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