CBS Affiliate Will Not Air Sheehan Ad Because There Is “No Proof” Of

[Nikki Stone 1]

From local Democratic Party newsletter:


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

Boise, Idaho affiliates CBS and FOX have refused to air a television ad in which Cindy Sheehan asks President Bush questions about the Iraq war.

Sheehan “claims the President lied about, among other things, the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,” said Jeff Anderson the Vice President of sales at Fisher Broadcasting Inc., which owns KBCI (CBS). “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.”

To view the ad, go to www.gsfp.org and click on “Watch Cindy’s Message.”

[ktowntennesseedem]

1. Oh, and like they had proof that the Swift Boat ads were true.

Damn hypocrits!!!

:banghead:

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. That thought occurred to me too

:wtf:

[RageFist]

6. Fascism....

alive and well in America

[sniffa]

10. did these stations air the swiftboat ads?

can we find that out?

[ktowntennesseedem]

14. They probably didn't, wouldn't need to in deep-blue Idaho.

My argument probably wouldn't hold water, but I can't imagine them holding the Swift-boaters to the same level of scrutiny.

[enough already]

24. The swift liar ads never actually had to "air" to be effective....

....since the corporate media made them a "news" story and aired them for free. Damned hypocrites.

[ktowntennesseedem]

25. Good point!

Too bad it doesn't work in reverse. We could create a controversial ad, and it would get plenty of air-time, too. Only problem is that the media would include plenty of commentary, and invite several right-wing talking heads to claim outrage and refute everything. Even if our ad were totally accurate, even if we had PROOF of its accuracy, it would be shot to pieces!

Its the tried and true Republican debate method: ignore the issue, attack the messenger!

[BlueJac]

2. They Air Bush Lies

There is no proof of any of his claims that led us to war in Iraq, but people can blow anyone they want in this country. So Boise affiliates get down on your righteous knees!

[mattclearing]

3. Yeah, because you can't prove a negative.

They just haven't found them yet, and stopped looking ages ago.

Fucking CBS. I wish they'd send Julie Chen to go look for WMD in Iraq. :D

[sniffa]

4. shameLess fuckers

x(

i'm sure jon stewart and KO couLd make some noise about this.

[ktowntennesseedem]

8. Jon Stewart & Daily Show will need to go to an hour-format

in order to cover everything going on these days. So many morans, so little time!!!

[Liberty Belle]

7. They didn't require "proof" of Bush's claim of WMDs to start a war.

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. Ah, good point

:headbang:

[Catrina]

21. Excellent point!!!

At the very least it is true that there are no WMDs in Iraq. So, what's wrong with Cindy or anyone else for that matter, asking him why he said there were?

[Nikki Stone 1]

23. Maybe we're not supposed to challenge the leadership

It's not like we're in a democracy or anything.

[blm]

11. Downing Street Minutes is proof.

.

[Dr Fate]

15. But they never heard any Dems with media access talk about it- so...

...they can get away with pretending it does not exist, since most of their viewers never heard any Democrats, Republicans or media people talking much about it either.

[Nikki Stone 1]

17. Waiting for the guy who always mentions Operation Mockingbird?

:party:

[Dr Fate]

20. I dont know what that means...

...I'm just saying- now you know why I wanted Democrats to talk aboout this.

Since the DEMs with media access would not talk about it on TV, where the average Joe could learn about it, the GOP/media can easily get away with saying things like "no proof Bush lied."

Everyone treated me like I was crazy or not a good DEM for saying this- but I was right. Those top Democrats do not understand media at all.

[Nikki Stone 1]

22. OM is all about media conspiracy. Thought that was your reference

But, yeah, if the Dems don't challenge these things, the lies pass as truth.

[Zenlitened]

12. Wow, I guess they're going to stop airing infomercials, too, right?

*sound o' crickets*

What a bunch of phonies.

[aden_nak]

13. So will they stop carrying the State of the Union Address?

[blm]

18. BEST ANSWER OF THE DAY!!!!!!

.

[davidinalameda]

16. looks like there's a big market in Boise for crack!

where the hell have these people been for the past two years or so?

what a fucking lame excuse for not running the ad

just say you're afraid of the wingnuts and get it over with

[Rob H.]

19. No surprise--Idaho is heavily Republican

They're one of the reddest red states--anything that reflects poorly on Der Shrubbenfuhrer won't see the light of day. Boise's local newspaper coverage leading up to sElection 2000 was proof enough of that.

There is no proof that we are aware of regarding the truthfulness of her claim.

blm had the same thought I did--apparently Anderson's never heard (or chose to remain willfully ignorant) of the Downing Street Memo.

[kwolf68]

30. Well then...

Since you fukers are journalists...how about go find the proof --either way.

Propagandist shitheads.

[OneTwentyoNine]

26. Didn't they catch the Bush video? Nope, no WMD over there,none there...

Thats proof enough for me,he claimed over and over there were no WMD. I don't care if he was joking around or not he flatly stated No WMD.

[Nikki Stone 1]

27. Which video was this? nt

nt

[OneTwentyoNine]

29. Here's the video for all to see....Death over LIES is REAL funny to Bush..

March 24,2004.....

http://magic-city-news.com/article_1203.shtml

On Wednesday night, from the comfort and safety of a black tie affair in Washington, a smiling George W. Bush entertained his audience with a scripted joke about the war in Iraq. Within hours of this levity, two more U.S. soldiers died fighting in Mr. Bush’s funny war.

Mr. Bush was performing at the 60th annual dinner for the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association. During the presentation of a slide show - featuring photos of Bush and his people, with Mr. Bush providing the humorous captions - a picture was shown of the president looking under furniture, searching in vain for some misplaced item. He then provided the side-splitting caption: "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere."

http://www.musicforamerica.org/bushjoke

Of course as usual the "Liberal Media" gave Bush yet another pass on this one too. Ahhh,just George cutin' up a bit--and his buddy Joe Lieberman....

Bullshit....

[rniel]

28. They should not air republican campaign ads then

I expect balance. After all there is no proof that republicans believe in getting government out of our lives.

[LoZoccolo]

31. There was "no proof" of absence of merit on John Kerry's part...

...when the Swift Boat Veterans questioned his medals. Did they air that ad?

[Supersedeas]

32. David Kay and the Reports that follow are not 'credible' evidence

[laylah]

33. Does anyone have an

e-mail address where I can write them and call them the hypocritical a**holes that they are? :mad:

jenn

[Nikki Stone 1]

34. Email addy and websites for Boise CBS and FAUX

http://kbci.cbsnow.com/

http://www.fox12news.com/

[e-mail]

[Eloriel]

35. This makes me so mad! It's not their business to fact-check ads

I wish they'd DO that, but they don't. And when they don't, they're not even responsible for airing any ole kind of political lie, and even any ole commercial product lie you can name.

BOGUS EXCUSE.

[Nikki Stone 1]

36. According to the Supreme Court, "news" doesn't have to be truth--why ads?

nt