CBS station (Boise) won't air Sheehan ad: "No proof of ABSENCE of WMDs"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

CBS Affiliate Will Not Air Sheehan Ad Because There Is “No Proof” Of Absence Of WMD In Iraq!

Posted August 23, 2005 10:36

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/08/23/cbs-affiliate-will-not-ai_n_6119.html

BOISE, ID--A television ad in which Cindy Sheehan asks President Bush questions about the Iraq war has been rejected by Boise affiliates CBS and FOX. The same ad began airing in Salt Lake City on Monday on NBC CBS and FOX affiliates.

The timing of the ads coincides with the President’s visit to nearby Donnelly, Idaho where the President will be staying through Wednesday.

Representatives for the two stations expressed different responses for their rejection of the ad. The Vice President of sales at Fisher Broadcasting Inc., which owns KBCI (CBS) said: “In the spot, Ms. Sheehan accuses the President of the United States of being a liar. She claims the President lied about, among other things, the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There is no proof that we are aware of regarding the truthfulness of her claim. We require proof of claims such as this. Until that is provided, our station will not carry this ad.”

Media buyers were similarly asked to supply proof for a Waco television affiliate. When sent findings from the 9/11 Commission, the local station decided to run the ad. However, the Vice President of sales at CBS Boise responded, “If it was not known until after we took to war then it’s hard to understand how someone could have lied…hindsight is always 20/20…that’s our point.” A representative for KTRV (Fox) said: “We are not accepting the spot because inventory is sold out. A very late order request makes it difficult to clear.”

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Is it fascism yet?

[niallmac]

3. Not yet, Just Boise...sigh!

[snowbear]

4. Damn Boise....

And I thought I only hated the Idaho Steelheads when they played our hockey team! :rofl:

What's the deal with that station? :puke:

[niallmac]

7. That's it! Our hockey team can run the city in the off season!

on edit; I'm not ignoring your question about the radio station. It's kind of an embarassing little broadcasting phenomenon that only intelligent design can explain.

[snowbear]

11. LOL...

Seriously though, we should bombard that station manager with messages nationwide of their pathetic decision!

[niallmac]

14. Well I live here. I'm a DUer

so I am god damned duty bound to flame their asses. It's not like we need PR to look more stupid.

[Webster Green]

2. We're back to having to prove negatives...

And these are likely the same folks who are pushing to make intelligent design part of science curriculum.

Ha ha ha ha!

Idiots!

[wanpete]

5. wtf?? why are we even still debating this issue. this has been proved

over and over again. :wtf:

[Imagevision]

6. Will proof of the DSM be allowed? another stroke for us to swallow!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[Patchuli]

8. Damn they're dumb...nt

[stevedeshazer]

9. In other news, Fisher Broadcasting supports the Flat Earth Society

More at 11....

[Cha]

10. Those grunts need to get a clue

and stop slopping at the corporate trough!

Show us the proof there is WMD!!

On Edit~ There has to be a way around this..have another ad that says something they can't spin a refute but shows bush to be the insensitive bloody monster that he is.

[marbuc]

12. To be fair

I think he is questioning her claim that Bush lied, not whether there were WMDs in Iraq. It could be argued, especially by RW yahoos in Idaho, that he was mistaken, but not a lying. I'm not saying his decision was the right one, just clarifying his rationale, based on this quote.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. They want proof of "no WMDs," and how do you prove "non-existence?"

Yeah, he's covering his backside.

All KINDS of bad things could happen to a TV station if they aired a commercial calling Bush a liar.

However, NOTHING happens if you call a decorated war hero a liar, other than the guy who called him a liar gets a second term in office.



:grr:

[Al-CIAda]

13. There are at least 4 damned reports CONFIRMING no WMDs!

[kbm8795]

15. This is interesting, especially the Fox station's response

I would suggest that someone living in that area peruse the station's schedule. My local station, for example, carries CBN News, featuring Pat Robertson. Since I'm assuming that programming time is PAID for as an ad by the 700 Club, if the Boise Fox station carries anything like that (along with any wingnut religious zealot programs that regularly spread lies about gays) then someone could hold them to their own policy.

[KharmaTrain]

16. Sold Out? Yeah, Right...

The day I hear a radio or TV ad exec say "we're sold out", you can be assured you've been told a lie.

These stations build in promos and add in extra slots. When I worked in radio we actually squeezed 62 commercial minutes in an hour (it was magic I tell ya).

This was punting the ball. It'd be interesting if another non-political person with a wad of folding green walked into that station. Wanna bet he/she would get what they wanted?

Sold out in Idaho in August? Yeah, right...

[fujiyama]

18. What else do you expect

from a state that gave 68% of the vote to Bush!

[yojon]

19. no proof of absence of leprechauns either

[dansolo]

20. How about statements by David Kay?

He was Bush's hand picked weapon inspector, and even he has said that there were no WMDs in Iraq.