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CBS not running anti-Bush ad during Superbowl

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MysticLlama

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Normally I wouldn't get involved with anything like this.

I usually just tend to either not have an opinion either way, or keep my opinions to myself. In keeping with that, I'm not going to post how I feel about the content contained within, just that I thought it was interesting, and hadn't seen it posted yet.

CBS Censored Ad

Seems to me that if they won fair and square, and there isn't any offensive language or nudity in the ad, it should be aired, but I also don't know if there were any stipulations of the sort making something like this not allowed by the competition.
 
They're not censoring it just because it's anti-Bush. I read that CBS's policy is not to run any "controversial" ads during the Super Bowl, and I think this includes any political ads.
 
Originally posted by: BigSmooth
They're not censoring it just because it's anti-Bush. I read that CBS's policy is not to run any "controversial" ads during the Super Bowl, and I think this includes any political ads.
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Yup. They are also not airing a PETA ad
 
On CBS not airing the ad: It's their network, they can do as they please
On the anti-Bush ad:
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Yeah, there is the PETA ad as well, though I haven't seen that one. Not sure if it's just a generic PETA ad, or something they made a bigger deal of because it was intended to be a superbowl ad.
 
Some people are so stupid. Governments censor. Private individuals and companies simply refuse to run commercials on the networks that they own. Which is their right.
 
What's so controversial about People Eating Tasty Animals?

Also an Anti-Bush ad sounds like an ad for promoting male homosexuality
 
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Some people are so stupid. Governments censor. Private individuals and companies simply refuse to run commercials on the networks that they own. Which is their right.
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You, sir, are correct! :beer:
 
Does anyone know anything about the ad they claim CBS is showing that is "sposored by the Bush White House?"
 
Pfff......that commerical is so biased it's not even funny. They can air if they want to, I'll just get another laugh out of it!
 
They're not censoring it just because it's anti-Bush. I read that CBS's policy is not to run any "controversial" ads during the Super Bowl, and I think this includes any political ads.
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CBS's policy is not to run any politically-charged advocacy ads on its network at any time except those it is obligated by federal law to accept during an election year.
"We do not accept advertising on one side or the other of controversial public issues, partly because we don't think the debate ought to be controlled by people with deep pockets," said Martin Franks, CBS executive vice president.
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The reason you don't hear about the right having their spots refused during the Super Bowl is because only the left completely lacks all tact, dignity, and decorum that would cause principled minds to find such a viciously partisan and inflammatory advertisment improper and objectionable.

The networks have been refusing to sell airtime to the National Rifle Association for years, even for the most innocuous apolitical firearm-safety spots during off-peak airtime. Never a complaint or objection from the left to be heard about the networks "censoring" the right, of course.
 
Originally posted by: AmericasTeam
What's so controversial about People Eating Tasty Animals?

Also an Anti-Bush ad sounds like an ad for promoting male homosexuality
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😕 Are you saying anti Bush means homosexual?
 
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Originally posted by: AmericasTeam
What's so controversial about People Eating Tasty Animals?

Also an Anti-Bush ad sounds like an ad for promoting male homosexuality
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😕 Are you saying anti Bush means homosexual?
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actually it sounds more like something gillette would run to sell more razors
 
i dont see whats so controversial about it.

edit: my wife laughed. she said "with the kids working and stuff, it was like child labor. its funny."
 
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