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Bush In 30 Seconds
Say what you will about the negativity of these ads, I think the idea of hosting a web-based contest to come up with great political ads is a perfect use of the interactivity and two-way nature of the Internet. These ads were written and filmed by citizens like you and me who are expressing their feelings about our political leadership. This is democracy in the age of digital video and the Internet. And I love it.
So, that said, these are the ones I like best.
Most of the rest are too over the top, too heavy handed, and too negative for my taste.
Comments (1) | Posted January 7, 2004 in Politics
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I am from New Zealand and have been for the first time in my life taking a very active interest in American politics. Hence the reason I am making a post on this site.
Why this site? I've come over here from Mike Moore's site given that he has just sent out his endorsement for Clark 04. I've bought the Aftermath 9/11 unanswered questions off the gnn.com site, I've bought the Uncovered documentary as well and the Afghan massacre doco as well as having just finished No Logo and I watched the live web cast of Bush in 30 seconds in New York on Monday night as well as my daily visits to antiwar.com so I like to think I'm keeping up with all of the latest coverage on the present administration's foreign policy and the inevitable international fallout that is occuring as a result of that, anyway my reason for writing is the decision by Viacom not to screen the winning ad from the Bush in 30 secs competition. This would seem entirely inconsistent with the very nature of the Republican belief in the free market and how it is supposed to work. If an advertiser has the funds to pay their advertising bill and as long as the content of the said commercial doesn't breach the rules of public taste then the free market principle applies, surely?
We here in New Zealand often have the USA held up as the bastion of everything that is good and right with the free market so doesn't this decision by Viacom run counter to the very foundation that capatilism is built on?
History however, when it comes to large American corporations is littered with many examples of hypocrisy and self interest so I guess that's where the vehicle of freedom smacks up against the wall of capatilism huh?
So there's only one answer for it Viacom have to be shown by us that they can be held to account for what is a very wrong decision and be forced to capitulate, who agrees?
Posted by: Pete K | Jan 16, 2004 1:02:40 AM
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