RNC challenges ads criticizing Bush's Social Security plan (uses FCC)

[cthrumatrix]

RNC challenges ads criticizing Bush's Social Security plan

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The RNC's letter noted that the stations have a responsibility as holders of Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) licenses "to avoid broadcasting deliberate misrepresentations. ... This letter places you on notice that the information (in the ad) is false and misleading."

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=710&e=1&u=/usatoday/20050210/pl_usatoday/rncchallengesadscriticizingbushssocialsecurityplan

[Career Prole]

1. Got a bum link there, cthru! n/t

[cthrumatrix]

2. fixed..thanks

[tridim]

3. Excuse me...

Bwuahahahahaha.. hahahaha.. Oh lordy.. Are they serious? The pro SS ads are wall to wall flat out lies. Hypocrite much RNC?

[AllegroRondo]

4. Oh this is good

Don't Fox news stations have a responsibility not to broadcast information that is not false and misleading? We should file a challenge against the entire network.

[cthrumatrix]

7. remember the courts rules Fox did not have to "tell the truth" when

reporters sued them...the courts said Fox had no obligation.

Oh...the irony.

[rocktivity]

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In the first shot at such ads, the RNC last week sent letters to 14 TV outlets calling on them to stop airing an ad produced by the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org. None took the spot off the air.

A station in South Bend, Ind., with MoveOn's approval, added a statement to the ad that partially addressed the RNC's complaint. The station manager says he wasn't responding to the RNC's pressure, but to his own belief that the ad could be misleading.

The ad shows elderly actors working at a variety of jobs. A narrator says Bush's plan would cut retirees' Social Security benefits "up to 46%." It concludes that Bush's plan would force many Americans into "working" retirements.

The RNC's complaint: The 46% cut would apply to those who retire in the year 2075 or later, not current retirees...

So?

:headbang:
rocknation

[WildClarySage]

24. Oh well, that's a relief then, that will be my child's retirement

not mine. Whew. I was worried there for a minute.

[Cha]

6. This better not go anywhere since

I'm pretty sure the ads criticizing bush's SS plan are solid gold!

And the damn fascists will do and say anything to get there way including murdering innocents.

[oasis]

8. No counter propaganda is allowed in Bushland.

Bushland Uber Alles.

[goodboy]

9. didn't they "misrepresent" the fuckin' medicare legislation? (nt)

[freestyle]

10. No deliberate misrepresentations = no bush junta coverage

since they misrepresent everything. What? That's not what they meant. Oh. How far down the rabbit hole do we have to go?

[Shakespeare]

11. But those Harry & Louise ads were OK back in the early 90s.

Fuck them and their double standards.

[prabtahoe2005]

12. FOX misquoting FDR on Social Security

Al Franken (Air America) just did a segment on how Britt Hume of Fox News recently misquoted FDR and characterized him as supporting private SS accounts. And the misquote is spreading. More disinformation from the Republicans regarding FDR's "support" of private accounts to come...

[sjgman9]

13. "avoid broadcasting deliberate misrepresentations"

if that's the case, why should ANY bush tv campaign ad be aired since he's full of lies?

also, politicians should not be extorted by tv station for airtime. i think most politicians raise money to spend for tv ads. what a waste. i think bob dole called it legalized bribery.

[4dsc]

14. Another donation to Moveon is on its way

Any the RNC is against, I'm for.. Looks like I'll be making another donation to that fine organization..

[Just Me]

15. These stations' attorneys should raise hell about this blackmail!!!

The letter on its face smells of blackmail!!!

The RNC should be slammed on the mat for this one!!!

They hold NO immunity from State prosecution!!!

In the meantime, the stations' should be sure to screen ALL GOVERNMENT-PRODUCED PROPAGANDA WHICH APPEARS "FALSE AND/OR MISLEADING"!!

[JerseygirlCT]

16. This would be gut-twistingly hilarious

if it wasn't just gut-twistingly infuriating.

[wabeewoman]

17. OK, lets make a list

of the bush/republican ads sent out and played:(we can forward it to the 'news media'.
1. The fake news reporter presented like it was a local affiliate reporting (can't remember the topic)
2. the paid commentator (Williams)
3. the Swift Boat ads

[Triana]

18. 'Scuze ME but WHO is broadcasting deliberate misrepresentations?!!

...the people/ads criticizing bu$hit's plan to wipe out Social Security and cheat Americans out of their benefits certainly are not!

How Nazi - and hypocritical - can they get?

(do not answer that...)

:mad::mad::mad:

[MsMagnificent]

19. They can use the scam all day long, but if the Dem's do...

OMG! The deception!

False!

Misleading!

Deliberate misrepresentation(s)!


These Reprobates have NO conscience, no sense of shame,
no INTEGRITY


What a waste of humanity and god-given intelligence they are...

[tom_paine]

20. Good Lord they are more like damned Soviets every day!

Remember Comrades, THE PARTY NEVER misrepresents or misstates. Only Liberal Enemies of the State (and yes, the Liberals in the Soviet Union are Right-Wing, proving quite conclusively that it isn't Left vs. Right but Free People vs. Totalitarian Bootlickers from BOTH SIDES) fabricate and misrepresent.

End message.

[Just Me]

27. And we don't even know about the "quiet" type of blackmail & threats,...

,...that occurs behind the scenes. They probably do this kind of shit every single day.

It is unconscionable that this kind of stuff is happening in a so-called "free and democratic" nation.

Geez.

[tom_paine]

28. Imperial Amerika is neither free nor democratic

Like the Romans before them, the Imperial Subjects of Amerika just don't realize it yet.

[Rainscents]

21. OMG

These people are bunch of nut case and they can't handle the truth!!!

[bluedog]

22. didn't have a problem with SWIFT BOATERS

though did they........didn't bush say he wished they stoppped but wouldn't force them to or something like that?....Its okay to lie and tear down others......but they don't like it when the truth comes out about their LYING asses.

[liveoaktx]

23. Then can we QUIT seeing the Swift Boat type ads EVER AGAIN?

I can't friggin believe it. Let's get James Roosevelt out there to talk about the RNC ads.

[CO Liberal]

25. "to avoid broadcasting deliberate misrepresentations"

In this spirit, is the RNC also calling on Faux News to stop transmitting immediately????

:shrug:

[depakid]

26. Oh, this is sweet

These people have not only have no sense of shame- nor any integrity, but are apparently irony impaired as well.

Of course, this precedent could come back to bite them in the ass one day- although that hope relies on Amerika becoming rational again- which is not a prospect I foresee anytime soon.

[EST]

29. What a stinking pile of crap

Oh such wonderful protectors of the public psyche.
Just where were they when all the real purveyors of disinformation were having their way?

[cthrumatrix]

31. is CNN or Fox going to protest.....hell no

[Roland99]

30. Since when were these fucking morons concerned with accuracy?

Just go to http://www.factcheck.org and see how horribly the Bush campaign ads compared to Kerry campaign ads for accuracy.


What a bunch of fucking hypocrite douchebags!

They'll probably select King Douchebag (Novak) for '08 candidate for Pres.

[Supersedeas]

32. accuracy is a pretext--it might very well be accurate-but to have stations

hesitate, or even to give stations a pretext not to air these ads is a money-shot success for the Rovian Political Dirty Tricks squad.

So, even if when the ads air, the ads will be delivered under a cloud of scepticism--it is a political marketing shot across the bow.