So CNN won't air an ad produced by the Log Cabin Republicans because it features one of the Fred Phelps brigade holding a sign saying "God Hates Fags". Apparently that's too offensive/controversial for them (Fox News is airing the ad). So if those big scary words (one is even 5 letters long) are sure to spark indignation from sea to shining sea (and that's highly debateable), that makes an ad unfit for broadcast? That strikes me as a ridiculous standard - even coming from a network that puts its "news" coverage in the hands of uber-idiots Wolf, Judy and Larry King. What, the Swiftie ads aren't offensive to many Americans? Or some of the news stories that the network supposedly exists to cover? Of course they are, but apparently the network isn't seeking consistency. I can understand a network's reluctance to broadcast ads featuring, for example, a sliced-up fetus during the dinner hour. But if the network's standard of what's offensive has been reduced to protestors with placards you'd think CNN would be going to black during most of the day. I mean it's supposedly a NEWS channel for heavens sake. But apparently deep in its corporate heart it seeks to be just a good news channel.
Posted by armand at September 1, 2004 12:57 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics