Religions > Atheism > "Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox "News" II...)
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31 Aug 2004 10:07:53 PM |
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"Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox "News" II...) |
Want to be sick? I posted this elsewhere:
See below for the story. Click here to see the
ad that CNN refuses to air because (now get
this) it's "too controversial" (meaning it might
embarrass the GOP). If you ever needed
proof that the right-wing controls the media,
you just have to click on this commercial, the
one that CNN's neo-con masters won't allow
it to air:
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/hope.html
"JTEM" <jaytem@gaydar.co.uk> wrote
Found in another group:
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
CNN refuses to air gay Republican ad
Cable news giant CNN has informed the gay political
group Log Cabin Republicans that it will not air its
new television advertisement, which calls for
inclusion of gays and their issues in the Republican
Party platform. The ad is in response to the rejection
of a Log Cabin "unity plank" by the party's platform
committee last week and the adoption of language
calling for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
and the outlawing of all legal recognition of gay
relationships. While other cable and local broadcast
outlets are airing the ad, CNN claimed that its images
are "too controversial." "We are deeply disappointed
that CNN has refused our voices the opportunity to be
heard," said Log Cabin executive director Patrick
Guerriero. "Last week we told the Republican Party
that you cannot sugarcoat the vicious and
mean-spirited platform. Today we want CNN to know
that you cannot sugarcoat the politics of fear and
intolerance that lead to hate."<
From:
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=13567&sd=09/01/04
Kristal
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: "Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox "News" II...) |
31 Aug 2004 11:00:49 PM |
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"JTEM" <jaytem@gaydar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:n8WdnaCbW-o2pqjcRVn-jQ@comcast.com...
Want to be sick? I posted this elsewhere:
See below for the story. Click here to see the
ad that CNN refuses to air because (now get
this) it's "too controversial" (meaning it might
embarrass the GOP). If you ever needed
proof that the right-wing controls the media,
you just have to click on this commercial, the
one that CNN's neo-con masters won't allow
it to air:
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/hope.html
I don't know, it's a rather anonymous garbled message.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "John Popelish" |
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| Title: Re: "Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox"News" II...) |
31 Aug 2004 11:48:42 PM |
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Denis Loubet wrote:
"JTEM" <jaytem@gaydar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:n8WdnaCbW-o2pqjcRVn-jQ@comcast.com...
(snip)
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/hope.html
I don't know, it's a rather anonymous garbled message.
Yep.
it doesn't blacken your eye, puff up your lip or knock the wind out of
you.
Way to subtle for most Republicans.
--
John Popelish
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: "Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox "News" II...) |
01 Sep 2004 09:17:59 AM |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:07:53 -0400 in episode
<n8WdnaCbW-o2pqjcRVn-jQ@comcast.com> we saw our hero "JTEM"
<jaytem@gaydar.co.uk>:
Want to be sick? I posted this elsewhere:
See below for the story. Click here to see the ad that CNN refuses to air
because (now get this) it's "too controversial" (meaning it might
embarrass the GOP). If you ever needed proof that the right-wing controls
the media, you just have to click on this commercial, the one that CNN's
neo-con masters won't allow it to air:
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/hope.html
They expected what outcome exactly?
That Log Cabin bunch. What a bunch of kidders. I love this part on their
page:
"What we believe"
"We are loyal Republicans. We believe in low taxes, limited government,
strong defense, free markets, personal responsibility, and individual
liberty."
What's that got to do with the modern Republican party anyway?
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "JTEM" |
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| Title: Re: "Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox "News" II...) |
01 Sep 2004 05:01:03 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/hope.html
They expected what outcome exactly?
Oh, believe me, I know.
The issue has nothing to do with the log-closet Republicans,
at least as far as I'm concerned. To me it doesn't really
matter who made the commercial, it's that a commercial
could be so moderate, so inoffensive yet still manage to
offend a Republican party EVEN AS they are pretending
to be moderate.
If *This* ad is offosenive to you, if you consider to *Too*
controverial to air on television, you belong in a totalitarian
state and not a democracy.
I mean, seriously. How could any human being be offended
by this commcerial?
That Log Cabin bunch. What a bunch of kidders.
"Morons."
The usual response to them is: "Well, what the ***** were
you expecting?"
"We are loyal Republicans. We believe in low taxes, limited
government, strong defense, free markets, personal
responsibility, and individual liberty."
What's that got to do with the modern Republican party anyway?
You don't understand. They have a "cunning plan."
By throwing all their support behind people who don't believe
as they do, effectively robbing them of any incentive to change,
they are going to force the Republicans to change.
It's *Very* cunning.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: "Too Controversial" for CNN (was: CNN Is Now Fox "News" II...) |
01 Sep 2004 08:09:42 PM |
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On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 18:01:03 -0400 in episode
<jcudnYQpvL_K2KvcRVn-oQ@comcast.com> we saw our hero "JTEM"
<jaytem@gaydar.co.uk>:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/hope.html
They expected what outcome exactly?
Oh, believe me, I know.
The issue has nothing to do with the log-closet Republicans, at least as
far as I'm concerned. To me it doesn't really matter who made the
commercial, it's that a commercial could be so moderate, so inoffensive
yet still manage to offend a Republican party EVEN AS they are pretending
to be moderate.
If *This* ad is offosenive to you, if you consider to *Too* controverial
to air on television, you belong in a totalitarian state and not a
democracy.
I mean, seriously. How could any human being be offended by this
commcerial?
That Log Cabin bunch. What a bunch of kidders.
"Morons."
The usual response to them is: "Well, what the ***** were you expecting?"
"We are loyal Republicans. We believe in low taxes, limited government,
strong defense, free markets, personal responsibility, and individual
liberty."
What's that got to do with the modern Republican party anyway?
You don't understand. They have a "cunning plan."
By throwing all their support behind people who don't believe as they do,
effectively robbing them of any incentive to change, they are going to
force the Republicans to change.
It's *Very* cunning.
They've had such success too. Why the Republicans have been becoming ever
so moderate these last several years...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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