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Radio station nixes Bush 'Big Oil' ad
KYW-AM declined to air the ad, which was sponsored by the Democrats and features the imitation Bush thanking Republican congressional candidates for backing the Big Oil agenda.
It apparently sounded real enough that the station decided might think it was the genuine president speaking.
"As an all-news station, we were concerned that our listeners would have been misled by usage of an impersonator in the creative delivery," General Manager David Yadgaroff said in an e-mail sent to The Hill.
The newspaper said Thursday the radio spot is part of a Democratic ad campaign running in 13 congressional districts nationwide held by Republican incumbents.
The Hill said the faux Bush also quips that GOP stands for "Grand Oil Party."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 07/03/2008
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07-05-2008 10:47
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Bushwhacker tripled the national debt, cut taxes to corporations and billionaires to pad his family fortune, refused to allow congress to make oil company officials swear to tell the truth in testimony before congress, in six years of a rubber stamp congress, not once did he ask for more oil leases that would destroy the environment but as soon as he is faced with a congress that won't roll over and play dead for him he makes political hay by saying congress is to blame for the high oil prices, covieniently forgeting that the oil companies have more than enough oil in undrilled leases to solve the crises and return oil prices to wheree they should be, someone should make Americans aware of this.
07-05-2008 03:26
Edmund wrote:
Bush "Big Oil" Ad
As General Manager of KYW-AM, David Yadgaroff has, by his actions, earned my appreciation and respect as a valued and trustworthy member of the media.
I spent eleven years going to school in the "City of Brotherly Love" many, many years ago and I now live in another part of our great country. I do have, for the most part, fond memories of the city that I grew up in, but occasionally I'm disheartened about some of the skull-duggery that goes on there.
For better or worse, I'm a firm believer in the
"freedom of the press", but I want it to be a "responsible press". No more leaks about any information that endanger our country, our military personnel, or our law enforcement efforts.
On the other hand, if any political organization or elected official (of any party) screws up, has a conflict of interest, is caught cheating, is involved in nepotism, "shades" the truth or lies to the public, etc - then they're fair game for the media and I expect the media to shine the spotllight on him or her for their misdeeds.
Mr Yadgaroff has done this and for that I say to him, "THANK YOU" for exposing another "dirty political trick".
I spent eleven years going to school in the "City of Brotherly Love" many, many years ago and I now live in another part of our great country. I do have, for the most part, fond memories of the city that I grew up in, but occasionally I'm disheartened about some of the skull-duggery that goes on there.
For better or worse, I'm a firm believer in the
"freedom of the press", but I want it to be a "responsible press". No more leaks about any information that endanger our country, our military personnel, or our law enforcement efforts.
On the other hand, if any political organization or elected official (of any party) screws up, has a conflict of interest, is caught cheating, is involved in nepotism, "shades" the truth or lies to the public, etc - then they're fair game for the media and I expect the media to shine the spotllight on him or her for their misdeeds.
Mr Yadgaroff has done this and for that I say to him, "THANK YOU" for exposing another "dirty political trick".
07-05-2008 01:16
Chen wrote:
A Cry of Ethics
Thumbs-up for David Yadgaroff. A liittle revenue does not buy KYW-AM off its public responsibility.
07-04-2008 13:36
sonnyserb wrote:
bush add
To bad the media doesn't distribute the truth if it concerns a republican. Then whitewahes anything a democrat says. Shame on our country for putting up with this rhetoric
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