WTF??!! Countdown

[Bill219]

Really...a commercial for Newsmax hawking Caribou Barbie's book for $4.99
Who is responsible for selling this ad time?

[lob1]

1. A better question is what idiot is trying to sell the book in this time slot?

[JuniperLea]

2. If they want to throw their money away...

I want Countdown to take it! And whoever else wants to take it!

[gateley]

3. I love that the price is $4.99! nt

[Demit]

6. LOL! That might be why the producers were happy to air it.

[HipChick]

4. I've seen it on MSNBC for a while...

I have MSNBC on all day in the background...seen it on various shows..

[Zomby Woof]

5. It's a win-win

Newsmax helps Countdown get revenue (money in Keith's pocket), and Newsmax does not get ONE single new subscriber.

A few years ago, The Nation magazine accepted Fox News ads on their back cover. There were lots of letters pro and con, and I reached the same conclusion: it helped the recipient of the ad revenue by a far greater proportion than the buyer of the ad.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Also a huge waste of Newsmax's money

If they think anyone who watches "Countdown" is going to subscribe to their shitty rag, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell them. The same goes for those anti-health care reform commercials that they're running during that time period. Let 'em throw that money away. Better during Keith's show than on FOX, with all those brain-dead automatons watching.

[Zomby Woof]

18. That was part of my point

The second "win" in the win-win. Proportion, etc.

[rcrush]

7. Why would you expect something different?

Its a cable network owned by GE.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Is there such a thing as a Palin-free channel?

She's not even governor, anymore, so why is she still in the news? The only place I want to hear her mentioned is on David Letterman's "Things More Fun to Do Than Reading the Sarah Palin Memoir..." Last night it was being burned by boiling cooking oil... x( :thumbsup:

[lob1]

10. Yes, the Cartoon Channel, ironically the only channel she should be on.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Perfect answer, thank you! :D

I'll have to look up what channel that is here... ;) :rofl:

[lob1]

13. I love your dog pic.

I have a Yorkie. His name is the Mighty Kong. He has a big personality.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Thanks so much! That's Jack...

He's a Brussels Griffon. The vet tech who placed him with us said "he's a big dog in a little dog's body..." :D

Jack :loveya:


When we went to doggy class last year, the smallest dog of the six was a very tiny Yorkie. He was, by far, the toughest pup in the class. Even Jack gave him a wide berth, and Jack's "brother," at home, was a 100 lb. Airedale! His name was Toto and he was extremely cute... O8)

[GreenArrow]

11. I see ads for conservative crap

on DU all the time. Last weekend, I kept seeing ads for Carly freakin' Fiorina, for pete's sake. I guess if you can hide the ads you don't see them but they are here, nevertheless. It's all bidness, apparently.

[JanusAscending]

14. You can get rid of the ads very easily!

Donate to DU, and get a star! I've seen worse ads on countdown. They don't pick and choose whose money to take. I've seen a lot of anti health reform ads, and ads against Chris Dodd...which piss me off no end!!

[upi402]

16. are there any known bulk buyers?

it's customary for conservatives to buy books in bulk and then give them away, i sure hope KO unearths it before Jon Stewart's crew!

[Warpy]

17. The right wing has been blitz advertising during Olberman's show

all this week and it's not just Bible Barbie's book on Newsmax.

I don't know what their reasoning is and would worry about myself if I did, but it's pretty obvious they're wasting their money.

[RaleighNCDUer]

19. A $29.99 book already remaindered for $4.99, on the week of its release?

I love it.