Ad agency says it informed candidate of actor’s voice double

[kick-ass-bob]

Source: WRAL Raleigh

Benjamin Mathis, with Los Angeles-based MEI Political, released a statement Tuesday morning, saying he told Fourth District candidate B.J. Lawson’s campaign, both verbally and in writing, that the voice in the ad was not that of the Oscar-winning actor..

"We also informed the campaign that even though the ad was similar to Morgan Freeman in style or tone, the campaign should not represent it as the actor Morgan Freeman or as an endorsement by Mr. Freeman,” Mathis said.

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Lawson and campaign manager Martin Avila initially said Freeman did the ad. Avila later backed off that claim, saying the campaign had a $4,500 contract, signed Oct. 28, for one Freeman radio commercial.

Read more: http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/8550089/

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I heard this ad and thought 'what the hell?!'

Caught in a lie. Just like a teabagger. :/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Wonder what Mr. Freeman had to say 'bout that.

[kick-ass-bob]

2. Lets just say...

he's calling "the Sisters" :P

[mr1956]

3. Mr. Freeman answered back:

"These people are lying," Freeman said, according to a statement released by his public relations firm in Los Angeles. "I have never recorded any campaign ads for B.J. Lawson, and I do not support his candidacy. And no one who represents me ever has ever authorized the use of my name, voice or any other likeness in support of Mr. Lawson or his candidacy."

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/02/774965/lawson-campaign-pulls-freeman.html#ixzz148SOEBDb

[Zephie]

4. Yes, because when I think of liars, the first person I think of is freaking Morgan Freeman

Pull the other one.

[rocktivity]

5. I remember a car commerical that I thought featured Bette Midler

singer her cover of Do You Wanna Dance. A few months later, I read that Midler sued the car company for using a soundalike--and won!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Tom Waites has also won litigation agains those who imitate

his voice and style in commercials.

[Bitwit1234]

6. I saw that ad last night from that Canadian woman

who was panning Canadian health care and urging Americans not to accept it. Couldn't she be jailed for lying. I mean it was posted that she was and that Canada had done something about her, why doesn't the US. But then our DOJ is wimpy in prosecuting illegal acts performed by the republicans.

[No Elephants]

7. THIS is what media obsess over? Not privatization of OASDI? Not repeal of HCR?

[kick-ass-bob]

9. Obsess? Each outlet did 1 story.

You have a different definition of obsess than I do, apparently.

[Tunkamerica]

10. It happened the day before an election.

And it sounded just like him. And the article is from WRAL which is a local news station.