Fox's NY affiliate refuses Bush 'no clothes' ad

[Rose Siding]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A local affiliate of broadcaster Fox News has rejected a campaign advertisement for a Democratic politician that lampoons President George W. Bush by superimposing his head on a naked torso.

The ad, produced by Brian Ellner, an openly gay candidate for Manhattan Borough president, opens with a close-up of Bush's face and zooms out to show the torso from the hips up, with a voice-over saying, "New Yorkers know the emperor has no clothes."
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A spokeswoman for Fox's WNYW/Channel 5 affiliate said the channel was not running the ad, but declined to say why. A spokeswoman for Fox News Channel said: "The decision was made at the station level."

Ellner said on Tuesday, "This is censorship and it's un-American. ... It's either anti-gay because I introduce my partner, or it's anti-free speech because I criticize the president."

He said the three major networks and many other cable channels accepted the ad.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/06/AR2005090600823.html

[underpants]

1. Boy that didn't take long

and now the real paranoia starts........

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. The Ad rocks, as an aside!

Ellner seems like a good guy...

[SeanQ]

3. I hope New Yorkers pound the station for

not accepting the ad!

[MSgt213]

4. The same network that let people come on an claim the Clintons were murder

drug runners and rapist? Your kidding.

[Gregorian]

5. Fox is un-American. The truth will prevail, dispute fox.

And when it does, fox will go down in infamy just like this fake cowboy president.

They are willing to spew all propaganda all the time, but not the truth. They are truly evil. Just like the Nazi's. No different. Ignorant, propaganda, fear and intimidation.

[pennylane100]

6. He should call and thank them for refusing his ad.

Money can't buy the attention he is now getting. All for free.

[RamboLiberal]

7. Fox Channel 5 (WNYW) refuses to run anti-Bush campaign ad

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/343825p-293572c.html

Channel 5, the Fox-affiliated television station in New York, rejected a campaign commercial for a Democrat running in a local race, and the candidate alleges it's because the ad slams President Bush.

Brian Ellner, one of nine Democrats running for Manhattan borough president, said the station had agreed to air his ad for the two weeks leading up to the Sept. 13 primary. But Fox 5 pulled out of the deal after it saw the 30-second ad, which features Bush's head superimposed onto a bare torso as the voiceover intones, "He claims he's a uniter, but New Yorkers know the emperor has no clothes."

Ellner's advertisement has already drawn attention because it concludes with a scene in which he throws his arm around his partner of three years, Simon Holloway. His campaign says no openly gay candidates for public office have ever featured their significant others in political advertisements.

Ellner said Tuesday that Fox told the campaign media adviser and the ad buyer that the spot was refused because it was "disrespectful to the office of the president."

[Occulus]

8. Stations should not be allowed to reject ads properly paid for.

They are OUR airwaves; this is only another example of corporate personhood run amok.

[rawtribe]

9. here is the add....

http://www.brianellner.com/2005/08/watch_brians_ne.php

[ImADeanDem]

21. WOW, awesome ad!

Thanks for the link.

[IntravenousDemilo]

23. Oh my... EXTREME HOTTIE ALERT!!!

And he's hotter still because he introduces his partner at the end of the spot. Simon's a lucky man.

[FormerRepublican]

10. Isn't that illegal?

What are they going to start doing next - making Democratic campaign ads illegal?

Jeez, this administration is a dictatorship. Two steps away from firing up the gas chambers for all the dissidents. We should start calling Bush 'President Stalin.'

And doesn't that just fit in SOOOOO many ways!

[marmar]

11. Wow, pious Fox respects the office of the President...

as long as it's occupied by neo-fascists.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. thank you thank you thank you

Superb result. We actually get MORE coverage and better stories because of this.

Silly fools.

[Moderator]

13. kick

[Judi Lynn]

14. New York Fox affiliate refuses to air anti-Bush campaign ad for local Demo

New York Fox affiliate refuses to air anti-Bush campaign ad for local Democrat

By SARA KUGLER
Associated Press Writer

September 6, 2005, 4:38 PM EDT


NEW YORK -- The Fox affiliate television station rejected a campaign commercial for a Democrat running in a local race, and the candidate alleges it's because the ad slams President Bush.

Brian Ellner, one of nine Democrats running for Manhattan borough president, said the station had agreed to air his ad for the two weeks leading up to the Sept. 13 primary. But Fox 5 pulled out of the deal after it saw the 30-second ad, which features Bush's head superimposed onto a bare torso as the voiceover intones, "He claims he's a uniter, but New Yorkers know the emperor has no clothes."

Ellner's advertisement has already drawn attention because it concludes with a scene in which he throws his arm around his partner of three years, Simon Holloway. His campaign says no openly gay candidates for public office have ever featured their significant others in political advertisements.

Ellner said Tuesday that Fox told the campaign media adviser and the ad buyer that the spot was refused because it was "disrespectful to the office of the president."
(snip/...)

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--campaignaddenied0906sep06,0,6633102.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

[still_one]

15. SCREW FOX

their president has been disrespectful to us

someday this will come back and burn fox

[xchrom]

16. it's not possible to be disrespectful of bush.

nothing there to respect.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. I saw the ad twice and got a hard-on when I watched it.

Finally a candidate with guts.

Naked *. Emperor has no clothes. * has really screwed up this country. And . . . meet my partner (and I don't mean business in the literal sense).

I wish I lived in Manhattan so I could vote for Brian Ellner.

[trapper914]

18. Ummm...

...could be wrong here, but unless the Fox affiliate refuses ALL political candidate ads, it can't refuse this one...no matter how distasteful they seem to think it is.

[NJmaverick]

19. The repukes control the media and they are flexing their muscle

It's going to be very hard to claim back our nation from these fascist assholes!

[Supersedeas]

20. but...but...but, the American emperor must not know that he is naked

[IntravenousDemilo]

22. I hope it's the ugly, moley, saggy, man-booby kind of naked torso. n/m

[ladylibertee]

24. Come on yall.... We know why FOX wont show the ad....

BECAUSE THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE RETARDICANS !!!!! Here goes an I.Q question/answer for ya. Monica Lewinsky is to Bill Clinton as FOX NEWS is to the REPUBLICAN PARTY :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: