NBC reversed course Saturday and decided to air a conservative group's television ad thanking U.S. troops.The instant they thought their cover might be blown and might lose a few bucks off their bonuses they dumped their principled stand and doubled back.
The ad, by the group Freedom's Watch, asks viewers to remember the troops during the holiday season. NBC had refused to air the ad because it guides viewers to the Freedom's Watch Web site, which NBC said was too political.
The truth hurts, eh?
But in a statement issued Saturday evening, NBC said: "We have reviewed and changed our ad standards guidelines and made the decision that our policy will apply to content only and not to a referenced Web site. Based on these amended standards the Freedom's Watch ad will begin to run as early as Sunday."
That's our pathetic excuse and we're sticking to it!
NBC's
NBC initially said that airing the spot would violate the network's prohibition on controversial issue ads. Wurtzel, in an interview Friday with The Associated Press, said NBC found nothing wrong with the ad's content, but rather objected to the link to http://www.FreedomsWatch.org, viewing the Web site as too political.
If it goes against your leftist agenda, maybe.
The group's home page is critical of liberals and has a link to a page urging lawmakers not to "cut and run" from the war in Iraq.
| Which upset the NBC lawyer who made the decision, since he's been giving cash to the Dems, which is supposedly against NBC policy. Now does their initial decision become clear? |
They must not have seen that. Right?
News of NBC's initial rejection caused an angry reaction on the Internet. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, appearing on the Fox News Channel on Friday, called for a boycott of NBC.
I'll bet NBC wouldn't air that, either!
Freedom's Watch, a group backed by wealthy Republican fundraisers, has emerged as one of the best-financed conservative groups. It seeks to be a vocal advocate of President Bush's current policy in Iraq.
And now it's serving double duty as a thorn in NBC's side! :-)