NBC is afraid of free speach
I was never a big Dixie Chick's fan, that Wide Open Spaces song was good, and every girl I met really seemed to enjoy Earl, but me - never bought an album, would probably change the channel if they came on the radio.
However, a few years ago they stood on the stage and said 13 words to a sold out arena crowd that were less than positive about George W. Bush. The fall out that followed was incredible as people burned and smashed their albums, radio stations refused to play their songs and arenas they once sold out refused to let them play. That was all old news...
This is the new news ~
A documentary film is coming out in the coming weeks, all about that fallout and what happened to them after those 13 fateful words were spoken - AND NBC AND THE CW NETWORK ARE REFUSING TO AIR THE ADS! NBC, stating that they won't allow ads that speak ill of the President won't put them on their network. While it's well within their right to choose who they take ads from and not, I find it terrible that a major network would cower under such fear that they would refuse to air these ads, refuse to promote a movie that simply shows what is happening to our country today, the irony is terrible. Ammendment number 1 just being thrown away, out of fear and out of network greed.
I know not much can be done, and it's well within their rights to do this but I think it's sad, and I think it's even more sad how few people know about these things, and finally how little people are doing about it.
...ugh, i'm just frustrated with this country currently. I wonder if they need film makers in Ireland?
However, a few years ago they stood on the stage and said 13 words to a sold out arena crowd that were less than positive about George W. Bush. The fall out that followed was incredible as people burned and smashed their albums, radio stations refused to play their songs and arenas they once sold out refused to let them play. That was all old news...
This is the new news ~
A documentary film is coming out in the coming weeks, all about that fallout and what happened to them after those 13 fateful words were spoken - AND NBC AND THE CW NETWORK ARE REFUSING TO AIR THE ADS! NBC, stating that they won't allow ads that speak ill of the President won't put them on their network. While it's well within their right to choose who they take ads from and not, I find it terrible that a major network would cower under such fear that they would refuse to air these ads, refuse to promote a movie that simply shows what is happening to our country today, the irony is terrible. Ammendment number 1 just being thrown away, out of fear and out of network greed.
I know not much can be done, and it's well within their rights to do this but I think it's sad, and I think it's even more sad how few people know about these things, and finally how little people are doing about it.
...ugh, i'm just frustrated with this country currently. I wonder if they need film makers in Ireland?
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