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"Panama Floyd" |
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13 Sep 2006 04:48:57 AM |
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OT: American Airlines boycotting ABC |
Well, well. Look what I found in the trade magazines this morning.
http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003121056
AAirlines spends approximately 25 million USD a year on television
advertising.
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
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EAC Martian Commander
Plonked by Kadaitcha Man, Sep 06
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: American Airlines boycotting ABC |
15 Sep 2006 11:07:56 PM |
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On 13 Sep 2006 02:48:57 -0700, "Panama Floyd"
<googpostlimitsux@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Well, well. Look what I found in the trade magazines this morning.
http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003121056
AAirlines spends approximately 25 million USD a year on television
advertising.
American Confirms: Ad Pulls an Option
September 14, 2006
By Richard Williamson
DALLAS American Airlines today confirmed that it is prepared to pull
advertising from ABC and its affiliated properties in order to protest
its portrayal in the network's recently aired movie The Path to 9/11.
"We're still weighing our options," said American representative Tim
Wagner, who confirmed a story first reported Sept. 12 by Adweek Online.
Pulling advertising "is something that's currently under review. We're
currently planning our fall and winter advertising schedules. The option
is open to pull our local advertising, as well." Most local advertising
runs around major hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Los Angeles and
Miami. "We do a lot of advertising in smaller markets, too."
The carrier also said it is considering legal action against the
network.
ABC representatives could not be reached for comment.
The airline spends $25 million annually on broadcast TV ads.
American spent just $80,000 in 2005 and about $125,000 through the first
seven months of this year to place ads on ABC, per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
Those figures, however, do not include local spending or spending on
ABC-owned cable properties. (The carrier's outlay across all ABC
properties, owned and affiliated, could not be determined, though one
source said such spending totals at least $3 million annually.)
Roger Frizzell, vice president, corporate communications and
advertising, American, confirmed that the client is mulling its legal
options, but he did not elaborate.
The film in both its first and second parts appears to suggest that
chief hijacker Mohammed Atta was flagged as a security risk at Boston's
Logan Airport by American Airlines personnel. According to the 9/11
Commission Report, that incident occurred earlier that morning, in
Maine, and the airline was U.S. Airways.
Late Monday, American Airlines released the following statement: "The
Disney/ABC television program, 'The Path to 9/11,' which began airing
last night, is inaccurate and irresponsible in its portrayal of the
airport check-in events that occurred on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
"A factual description of those events can be found in the official
government edition of the 9/11 Commission Report and supporting
documents.
"This misrepresentation of facts dishonors the memory of innocent
American Airlines employees and all those who lost their lives as a
result of the tragic events of 9/11."
American said it would have no further comment beyond the statement at
this time. But earlier in the day, it had sent a letter to those who had
contacted the company with the same complaint, inspired by liberal
blogger John Aravosis of Americablog. He received a letter that read:
"I think it is important for you to know that ABC had factual errors in
its dramatization, and we are looking at possible legal actions as a
result. . . . Please know this was a tragic incident in our company's
history and we hope you will be sympathetic to our employees and our
airline on this day especially. Again, we are outraged by this
situation, and we alerted ABC about its gross error. It is very
unfortunate."
Frizzell signed the letter.
Meanwhile, former President Clinton and his advisers remain unhappy with
the film. Bruce Lindsey, CEO of the Clinton Foundation, and Douglas J.
Band, counselor, wrote yet another letter to Robert Iger, chief at
Disney (which owns ABC) today. It concludes:
"Having now seen the first night of this fiction, it is clear that the
edits made to the film did not address the factual errors that we
brought to your attention. 'The Path to 9/11' flagrantly ignored the
facts as reported by the 9/11 Commission and invented its own version of
history. The result, in our judgment, is irreparable damage to the
Commission's work. More importantly, it is a disservice to the American
people.
"That the film directly contradicts the findings of the 9/11 Commission
is troubling. That it defames dedicated public officials is tragic. But
the fact that it misleads millions of people about the most tragic and
consequential event in recent history is disgraceful."
—with Editor & Publisher staff reports
This story updates and replaces an item posted on Sept. 12 with
American's confirmation and revised ad spending information.
/end
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Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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