{"id":34236,"date":"2018-11-05T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34236"},"modified":"2018-11-05T13:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:07:29","slug":"shame-on-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/shame-on-nbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shame on NBC!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of JD’s memes pointed out a valuable lesson a while back.  If one politician says it’s sunny and the other says it’s stormy, most media will try to argue that both are equally true, when they could just turn around and look out the window.  If that isn’t bad enough, NBC just took money to air a Republican racist screed against the caravan that is not only full of hate, but also, as easy to prove false as JD’s meme.  Shame on NBC!<\/font><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve been watching cable news this past week, you\u2019ve seen enough bits and pieces of Donald Trump\u2019s overtly racist (and typically dishonest) television ad about the migrant caravan to recognize it when you see it. The thing is, if you were watching the NFL Sunday Night Football game on NBC tonight, you never thought you\u2019d see it \u2013 but you did.<\/p>\n

In a stunning move, NBC decided to air Trump\u2019s caravan ad during the game. Perhaps you\u2019re not surprised. It\u2019s not the first time a television network has run a terrible or dishonest political ad, in the name of revenue. But this ad is different<\/strong>. This is the one ad that\u2019s so far beyond the pale, no one wanted to run it<\/strong>. In fact networks have been making a concerted effort at scoring points by announcing that they would not air it.<\/p>\n

After Donald Trump Jr complained on Twitter this week that CNN was refusing to run the caravan ad, CNN used its official corporate communications account to tell Junior off, calling the ad \u201cracist\u201d in the process. We all know it\u2019s racist. But when a major television network is flat out using that word in an official capacity, it\u2019s clear that we\u2019re talking about one of the most inappropriate national television ads in the history of American politics. Yet NBC ran the damn thing anyway<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s a video of CNN debunking the ad that they refused to run.<\/font><\/p>\n