Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: "Groups urge NBC to pull health care ad" |
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Is there anything more odious about (cough) "progressives" than their obsession with restricting freedom of speech...other than their own?
In the grand tradition of Jean . Fraud . Kerry, Global Warmists and "Fairness Doctrine" devotées, leftist thuggery is brought to bear in the healthcare debate (emphasis mine)...
| Quote: | Groups urge NBC to pull health care ad
By CHRIS FRATES | 5/28/09 7:54 PM EDT
Politico
Progressive health care reform groups demanded on Thursday that Washington’s NBC television affiliate refuse to air a 30-minute infomercial funded by a conservative group opposed to creating a public insurance plan.
The Service Employees International Union sent a letter to NBC4, arguing that the station has a responsibility to pull the documentary-style commercial paid for by Conservatives for Patients’ Rights. The ad, set to run Sunday after “Meet the Press,” “will be false, deceitful, and a distortion,” the union’s attorney wrote in the letter.
The SEIU has not seen the ad, but is drawing the conclusion from CPR’s record of running “demonstrably false” ads. The station has the duty to protect the public from misleading advertising, the letter argues.
If the ad is aired and does contain falsehoods, CPR could face a fine from the Federal Communications Commission, said Levana Layendecker, the online campaigns director for Health Care for America Now, a coalition pushing to create a public insurance plan.
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Keith Appell, a spokesman for CPR, said the infomercial was produced by Gene Randall, an award-winning former CNN anchor, and already has run on two cable channels.
“It’s no surprise that they would try to block the public from seeing any information about the dangers of government-run health care,” Appell said. “This program is full of compelling first person accounts that every American should hear.”
Progressives have accused CPR of trying to swift boat health care, a reference to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that came under fire for its ads against former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry during the 2004 campaign. CPR hired the same public relations firm as Swift Boat Veterans, CRC Public Relations.
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"Swiftboat" healthcare? Just what the doctor ordered...and about as good a testimonial to the leftist fear of "Swiftvet" credibility as you'll find.
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