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Wednesday, January 28

"Child's Play" banned but adult excess is OK

Seems that the great ad selected by the MoveOn.Org "Bush in 30 Seconds" competition is being barred by CBS from transmission during the US sports event 'Super Bowl' because it's "too controversial". I wonder if anyone at CBS even watched it? Personally I think it's stylish, restrained and effective - see for yourself to decide - and I wonder whether it's more the political slant of CBS than the nature of the ad that's making them reject it. After all, the rest of the ads scheduled (including one by the White House) are all funded by people who want to see another republican regime controling America. Sounds like the victory of political control over free speech to me.

posted at 4:05 PM (UK) | |

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