January 16, 2004
More Fun on the Home Court
Posted by nerdling | January 16, 2004 11:21 AM
"Ads which do not promote the selling of things basically are not welcome," says Eli Pariser, MoveOn's campaigns director. "The scary thing about it is that advertising at this point is one of the only ways you can even get access to the media. To have it restricted on the basis of viewpoints is dangerous."
For those of you who haven't heard about it yet, MoveOn.org sponsored the "Bush in 30 Seconds" ad campaign, where individuals sent in homemade commercials campaigning against Bush's reelection. Once they picked a winner, they raised $1.6 million to run the ad in the Super Bowl, only to be turned down by CBS' policy against running any ad with a relevant political or social message. Pretty sneaky, and yet totally unsurprising.
