Yea… this one: Why? Can anyone tell us why? Doesn’t it play up Obama? Anyone? H/T The Anchoress and HotAir…….

That’s a huge problem for NBC.

1. Give a prime-time show to one of the most hateful, miserable, ugly individuals in the US, Rosie ODonnell, that flops and fails on its first night.

2. Cancel out one of the nicest guys in entertainment, with the highest ratings in his time slot, Jay Leno, before finally wising up.

3. Put a whacked-out, ultra-liberal, hateful fool like Olbermann on your football broadcasts that draw a large conservative demographic

4. Hire the all-time ever worst football executive, Matt Millen, for your playoff and Super Bowl broadcasts to analyze and break down the game and players. Millen has a proven track record of being the worst in the entire league of doing exactly that, analyzing and judging football players.

I could go on discussing their many other failures with NBC and MSNBC but it’s beating a dead horse. I plan on watching ESPN for pre-game and half-time of the Super Bowl as I have done with all NBC football broadcasts this year. I refuse to listen to these idiots for any portion of the game.

Another thought- Aren’t Super Bowl ads really expensive? I’m impressed they had the $ to try this. Even if it can’t air during the Big Game, I’m hoping to see this ad & similar ones many times in the coming years.

cs89 on January 29, 2009 at 3:11 PM

I doubt PETA or CatholicVote ever planned on paying for and running either ad. They both got exactly what they wanted – websites, FoxNews, other organizations running their ads for free while covering the so-called controversy over their rejection by NBC. Clever strategy that obviously is working.

eff ‘em
eff pro sports
if they don’t have the (gum)balls to do what’s right–and they don’t–they can all go to hell

(spoiled, overpaid, hypocritical p#%$$&*!…)

and Keith Olberman shouldn’t be allowed on the TV screen and NBC shouldn’t change their logo to Green and turn off the lights symbolically

jp on January 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM

Well, you have my agreement on the first, but I’ll have to disagree on the second. You really have to go out of your way to be upset about the NBC/Green symbolism–like an atheist who freaks out over God being mentioned at the Inauguration.

The only part of this ad I take exception to, is “The First African-American President.”

It would have had the same impact if they had just said “President of the United States”

Alouette on January 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM

While I agree with your underlying sentiments above, the sad social reality is that “First African-American President” has more impact. The trick is to bring this issue up and not sound like Chip Saltzman. For now, let’s just hope the public gets bored with this milestone, but we can’t ignore the reality that for many people anti-racism trumps all other secular and religious values. The logical insanity of such a value system may become apparent to our society, but may not.

NBC needs to be able to “articulate a reason” for rejecting the ad, and demonstrate fairness in regards to other ads. If this is rejected for political advocacy, so should the PETA ad on similar grounds.

NBC has a right to reject whatever ads they want, but in this instance their hypocrisy is showing.

cs89 on January 29, 2009 at 5:37 PM

and Keith Olberman shouldn’t be allowed on the TV screen and NBC shouldn’t change their logo to Green and turn off the lights symbolically

It would have had the same impact if they had just said “President of the United States”

I agree with NARAL, and I’m unable to articulate a reason why the ad is offensive,

Anyway, here’s thinking about NBC’s logic. Since the passions run high on both sides, the more sensitive “pro-choicers” could get pretty annoyed by the ad, simply because they strongly disagree with it. On the other hand, most people aren’t bothered by PETA, because they just find PETA silly.

thuja on January 29, 2009 at 4:37 PM

NBC needs to be able to “articulate a reason” for rejecting the ad, and demonstrate fairness in regards to other ads. If this is rejected for political advocacy, so should the PETA ad on similar grounds.

NBC has a right to reject whatever ads they want, but in this instance their hypocrisy is showing.

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