CBS Joins Fox In Being "Fair and Balanced"

The folks over at MoveOn.org are pissed at CBS for refusing to air the winning “Bush in 30 Seconds” ad. They’re doing a mass mailing trying to petetion to CBS to stop being partisan lap dogs.

To watch the ad that CBS won’t air [ if you haven’t already seen it ] and sign our petition to CBS, go to:
http://www.moveon.org/cbs/ad/

(If you want to skip the ad and just sign the petition, click here .)

Here’s the part that sticks in m craw:

CBS will claim that the ad is too controversial to air. But the message of the ad is a simple statement of fact, supported by the President’s own figures. Compared with 2002’s White House ad which claimed that drug users are supporting terrorism, it hardly even registers.

That ad campaign makes me jump off the couch and scream in anger every time I see it. I really want to make a TV ad supporting the idea that organized crime got a leg-up in this country thanks to prohibition in the ’20s just like it’s doing today.

p.s. Is everyone here on MoveOn.org’s mailing list? Am I serving a redundant purpose?

p.p.s. I’m back! (Did I mention I was in Hawaii?)

Posted by etrigan at January 22, 2004 4:10 PM