Posted on 09/17/2002 2:21:40 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:08:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
CNN is refusing to run ads promoting Israel as the Middle East's only democracy. The American non-profit group israel21c.org is behind a campaign to educate Americans about Israel on issues other than the Palestinian conflict. The commercial in question, which runs on ABC and NBC in New York and Washington, D.C., states, "As in America, all Israeli citizens - Christians, Muslims and Jews - have freedom of religion and the right to vote." But CNN allegedly told the organization that carrying the spot "could increase the threat to our staff and correspondents around the world," a source tells PAGE SIX's Ian Spiegelman. Reps for israel21c.org asked CEO Walter Isaacson to reconsider, and were later told that CNN does not run ads dealing with international policy. "That's bullbleep," says our spy, adding that CNN has run commercials on global warming, landmines, and funding the United Nations, a pet cause of Ted Turner's. A CNN rep says the company has a blanket policy of "not running advocacy advertising regarding international issues from regions in conflict."
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NEW CNN TELEVISION SERIES
The New Destruction of Western Civilization by, and on, CNN
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Monday:
A program on 'Our Planned Future Complete Destruction of Israel'
narrated by Sheila MacVicar, Andrea Koppel and Terrorist Arafat.
Tuesday:
A startling program on "Our Previous Destruction of Czecho.. 'Old-Switzerland'.
Wednesday:
Ms. Fonda Turner returns for 'Our Past and Future Treason against America'
THURSDAY:
Ted Turner will tell of his being "a student at Brown University
...kicked out for painting swastikas on the doors of Jewish student's rooms."
Turner will give an intro into turning Hate Crime,
like his, into paying off with billions and billions of $$$$$$$$.
Ted Turner, June 18, 2002: "So who are the terrorists?
I would make a case that both sides are involved in terrorism."
FRIDAY:
Ted Turner lists the 50 compelling reasons that
CNN sponsors, highlights, and supports Palestinian murderers.
CNN will continue to focus on the murderers calling the despicable terrorists "suicide bombers".
CNN argues that all murder and terrorism against Americans and Jews
is not really terrorism but is just a "CNN-reasonable alternative".
SATURDAY:
Ted Turner lists how he and his lawyers scr$#ed
"the descendants of 47 black residents who pooled their money in 1920 to
purchase a 328-acre plantation"
CNN harbors terrorists. Now we know why. 
But understand CNN is just postulating to be on the good side of
the gestapo about to be unveiled in America.
Since WE, FREEPERS, WE!!!!!!!!!! allowed it,
CNN can't be blamed,
they are like "the market" and are reacting.
They aren't the bad guys as much as
us, you and me, GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE.
Bye-bye Bill of Rights...
Bye-bye Constitution....
The ads are obnoxious, blatant, low budget, audio compandered, and they use the old trick of jumping the volume apparently several db from the normal programming level. The kind of thing that gets you jumping for the remote to mute the thing.
I didn't realize the ads are not running on CNN. I my view that is not enough of a reason to change back to CNN, but it helps to balance out the distaste I had/have for the program bias of CNN, when I have to choose CNN because FOXNEWS has gone home, or it is the weekend, or FoxNews doesn't have coverage of a global news event.
And now with Greta and Whoraldo on Fox, and Bill Press and Donaheugh (whatever his name is) on MSNBC, things seem to be getting equally annoying except for the ads.
Quite understandable. You only broadcast material that makes potentially violent people happy and protects the lives of CNN staff and correspondents. That is how CNN shapes its policy seemingly.
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