Title: Fox won't air pro-constitution ad Source:
mediamatters.org URL Source:[None] Published:Dec 3, 2007 Author:J.F. Post Date:2007-12-03 23:58:04 by kiki Keywords:None Views:286 Comments:18
Fox News has refused to air an ad produced by the Center for Constitutional Rights that criticizes the Bush administration for "destroying the Constitution" by the use of renditions, torture, and other tactics. The ad, "Rescue the Constitution," which is narrated by actor Danny Glover, can be viewed here and here.
In an email provided to Media Matters for America by the Center, Fox News account executive Erin Kelly told Owen Henkel, the Center's e-communications manager, that Fox would not run the ad:
Hi Owen --
We cannot approve the spot with it being Danny Glover's opinion that the Bush Administration is destroying the Constitution. If you have documentation that it is indeed being destroyed, we can look at that.
Sorry about that,
Erin
In 2005, Fox refused to run an ad critical of then-Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jr., who had been nominated by President Bush to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Have they tried the other networks? Faux News is a pathetic joke. What a shame so many sheeples tune in everyday for a fix. No wonder the US is ranked 58th for Free Press, even Israel ranks 20 nations higher on the list.
While President Bush might not read our Supreme Court legal brief or listen to the arguments in next week's case, he'll probably watch the coverage on Fox News. So we've prepared a hard-hitting commercial to show during the O'Reilly Factor. Film star and activist Danny Glover narrates a 30-second video that depicts the shredding of our Constitution
We need your help to put it on the air in Washington, D.C. - in Bush's backyard and in his bedroom.
Can you help? Please make a contribution of $20 (or more if you can) to get the ad aired on the O'Reilly Factor so we can get our message across without being interrupted! If we raise more than we need, we'll take it to other shows like The Countdown with Keith Olbermann, too.
this at metafilter.com:
Danny Glover targeted for political views
Danny Glover is a no good communist according to MSNBC's right-wing pundit Joe Scarborough. Scarborough is taking credit for forcing MCI to drop Glover as a spokesman because Glvoer's views are "too far to the left." Add this to the Bull Durham fiasco, and Sean Penn's claims of a new blacklist start to look pretty real. Do we only have freedom of speech if we agree with the neo- conservatives?
and predictably, at free republic
Danny Glover, outspoken Anti-American, is now a spokesman for MCI. If you're a customer, you're helping enrich him. I've been satisfied with my MCI service for 10 years and would have remained a customer...........