ABC, CBS, NBC Refuse to air F 9/11 Commercials

[Jack_Dawson]

It's so bad it's laughable. Hard-on pills are OK, but God Forbid we run a DVD commercial!!!

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/45/deadline-finke.php

[Cha]

1. Fuck! At least we have this...

"Finally, this week, Sony’s protests started having an effect. “We’re now getting movement,” a Sony suit told L.A. Weekly Monday night. Sony corporate senior vice president Susan Tick claimed Tuesday that the initial ban on the morning news shows was lifted, and time on an NBC Dateline had been made available. But she also confirmed that the early-evening news shows are still verboten, and ABC still remains adamant that the DVD can’t be advertised on its PrimeTime Live. Meanwhile, the DVD ads’ status on the other network news shows is murky at best. (Sony execs emphasize that Fox was not part of this cabal — apparently because no Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD ads were planned there."

[SoCalDemocrat]

14. They will allow Bush attack ads on their networks though?

IF they accept ANY form of negative campaign advertising, they cannot refuse Moore's DvD.

Does anyone know if any of the networks accept political ads of any sort?

[dweller]

2. optimist in me

then this is a good thing, b/c F9/11 is still going to sell.

so MM doesn't have to pay the networks for the ads. They don't make the $$, and he gets to keep it. Funds for the next film.

dp

[Cha]

4. OK, mr or ms Optimist! How

is the word going to get out to one and all about the new release of the DVD, F9/11? :D

I love Sony! I'm going to start buying Sony products!

[dweller]

10. we, my dear friend zidzi

are the people.

and we OWN the country.
You can't stop the voices of the ones who have seen this movie and want others to see it.

those that don't agree have FAUXMSNBCABCCNN to speak for them.

but if you are watching the video/dvd, you aren't watching the cable, no?

get your copy, and have a house party!

thanks for the stock tip on SONY. :D

dp

[Cha]

12. Gotcha! I'm going to tell as many

people as I can and buy my own copy to pass out ..And buy one for the library if they'll have it!:)

Sony is definetly the wave of the Future!B-)

[demwing]

13. Ideas Can Not Be Killed

you are exactly correct

[gcomeau]

3. Good.

They can get the same publicity out of this that they got from Disney pulling the plug on the original distribution. They just have to raise a big, LOUD fuss about it. Controversy = news coverage. The network news shows that are refusing to show the ads might not cover it, but damn near everyone else will.

-Grant

[robbedvoter]

5. Pretense of objectivity has dropped. They shill for W - officially

[tishaLA]

6. We need to e-mail friendly media about this

the story has it right: they have spilled so much ink and wrung their hands nightly about "Rathergate," but we haven't heard a peep about them REFUSING TO ALLOW A FILM TO BE ADVERTISED. At least AAR should care about this....hell, why isn't the film being advertised on AAR anyhow?

[Eric J in MN]

7. They can run campaign commercials, but not on ad for

a dvd with a message relevant to the race?

If they want to be apolitical in their advertising, why don't they tell the Kerry and Bush campaigns they won't run campaign ads?

[whirlygigspin]

8. oy!

"L.A. Weekly has learned that CBS, NBC and ABC all refused Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD advertising during any of the networks news programming.

Executives at Sony Pictures, the distributor of the movie for the home-entertainment market, were stunned. And even more shocked when the three networks explained why..."

Frank Burns eats worms...the "media" sucketh

[VOX]

9. Time for e-mails: Thank Sony, and scorch the networks.

Let 'em have it. :kick:

[Roland99]

11. Damn Liberal Media!!

Anyone who thinks the media is liberally biased has more than a few screws loose.

[John_H]

15. SHWEEEEET!!!!! When will the silly rethugs learn?

Member what started the whole F911 ball rolling? Eisner's refusal to put out the film. Thaaaank you whores!!!!!!!!!

[Cha]

16. I just saw an awesome ad on CBS...

for F9/11!

It was during the commercial for CSI New York..and a lot of people watch those CSI shows:D

[Jack_Dawson]

17. Seriously?

Is someone gonna get fired?

[DerBeppo]

18. the ban

isn't across the board. the networks aren't saying they won't air any f/911 ads, just not during news shows. Also, restrictions on normal rated r movies apply, so that cuts out any ads before 7 i think. so, you'll see a lot of the ads during prime time dramas and reality shows. i saw 3 last night alone.

[Cha]

19. Yeah, someone else on here saw the same

thing I did last night, too.

I guess the key phrase was "news shows"..but CSI Shows will just have to do! B-)