Posted on 09/14/2004 3:42:50 PM PDT by renotse
Update 6:05 p.m.: Late Thursday afternoon, NBC News and CBS News requested that that the Democratic National Committee pull the campaign video in question. The DNC, through a spokesman, says that the matter is under consideration.
NBC released a statement Tuesday afternoon. "The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has included an edited excerpt from a Meet the Press interview with President Bush that was broadcast on February 8, 2004 as part of their promotional campaign to be used as a web video and shown in battleground states. NBC News does not authorize its copyrighted footage to be used for partisan political purposes. NBC News did not, and does not, license use of our material for these purposes and we have asked the DNC to cease and desist immediately from using the excerpt."
CBS spokeswoman Sandy Genelius told THE WEEKLY STANDARD late Tuesday afternoon that CBS, like NBC, will demand that the Democratic National Committee stop using CBS News footage in the new ad. "We do not want them to use the video and we are taking it up with them," said Genelius.
Jano Cabrera, a spokesman for the DNC, says the matter is under consideration. "We are aware of the request[s] and we are looking at it. Our current understanding is that we have the right to use the limited excerpts in the video. But we are looking at it."
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Realizing their mistake, what with forged memos and all, the DNC tells NBC to demand removal of the ad, thereby giving DNC top-cover and an excuse for removing a false and potential libelous ad.
NBC and CBS drop your pants and bend over here comes the DNC.
Fradulent Son = J F'n K
Network news is biased, but it's also competitive. Even NPR has added a couple of "Conservative" shows to their lineup.
As these agencies discover which way the wind is blowing they are going to adapt, not out of principle but out of ratings (and advertising dollars).
As a general question, can anyone please explain to me why the DNC has raised $100 million to slam President Bush after the convention, while the RNC believes it is illegal for them run ads of any kind?
Boy is Kerry gonna be mad at his own propaganda wing for this.
well this is odd.. one of the better RNC ad's against Kerry is nothing but clips of Kerry on the news shows flip flopping his postion over the years... if the DNC comply real easy.. could be a network set up to get the pull ther best ammo... how do mack the point that Kerry's Mr. flip flop if you can't show all the clips of him doing it
(I am the typo king!..tophat)
No. It's political speech - it's allowed.
I think the network's position is that it's a copyright violation.
It could be a ploy to create controversy so that people will watch and discuss the ad.
Just how long has NBS known about and colluded with the DNC in the use of its "news" video to damage President Bush.
Why the sudden change of heart just now.
At the moment the public becomes focused on the undeniable evidence that the MSM liberal bias extends to the point of made up stories and forge documentation, all of a sudden NBC publicly takes the high road.
Color me cynical.
That works for me, man! It's a plausible as anything else the twits will come up with.
After all, CBS is an impartial, professional news organization that wishes to be "above the fray". Ads like this one could sully their spotless reputation.
That's a joke, right? Because I'm sitting at my desk laughing my arse off at that one!
Well, I guess they had better just go ahead and cancel the Today show, the NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and every other pro-Democrat propaganda show they run that is disguised as "news".
ping
I have it from high sources that Hayes is aware of the SOURCE of the CBS memo (direct, first-hand, non-hearsay).
Wow!
Is he free to talk about who it is?
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