. . . and PTS!
Buzzflash this AM has a great article on a guy named Robert Millman up in Schenectady , NY who wanted to put some issue ads on his local radio station. Here is the text for one ad:
DISSENT
This is a paid radio moment–
Some of us disagree with the President.
We think the Iraq war is a mess.
We think vote suppression is a crime.
We think tax cuts for the rich are a bad idea.
We think business doesn’t know best. (pause)
And we think dissent is an American value. (pause)
This country was born because people questioned authority.
It’s as American as apple pie.
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WHOA! FREE SPEECH! PRETTY DANGEROUS STUFF!
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The ads were self produced, and he paid for the full price airtime himself and . . . (you are waaay ahead of me here) they were turned down.
You see WGY is a CLEAR CHANNEL station, and they play men of great moral values like Rusty "Hillbilly Heroin" Limbaugh, and liars like Glen Beck and are BIIIIGGG supporters of Bush.
They also don't believe in the first amendment. But we do.
Listen to all the ads below, and send the web address for PTS on to your friends. Lets get these ads out to MILLIONS despite the chumps at WGY.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN (Click on "next ad" to hear the next one)
-Panhandle Truth Squad
Screw the con$ervatives...let them have their Clear Channel radio. Liberals are the masters of the Internet and its related technology and it is up to us to keep it that way. Our message will go out and there is little the corporate aristocrats can do about it. Here's another good article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4120773.stm
ReplyDeleteDidn't you know, "Free speech ain't free"
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blogarillo, exactly right.
ReplyDeletePass this link on and lets get the message out despite the iron curtain descending over this country by the rethugs.
BTW, look at media matters' top ten outrageous comments of 2004 and who said them. some of the same bastar** on clear channel.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200412230005
-PS
This is Robert Millman, the guy that created the Paid Radio Moments. Thanks Panhandle Truth Squad for posting this. A couple of things about the audio spots-- Anyone is welcomed to use them. And in theory, anyone can place an issue ad on the radio. I want to push that theory.
ReplyDeleteExpect issue ads in the very near future about the Bush plan to privatize social security.
Yes the web is a great medium, and Ford makes a perfectly good car, but I want to buy a Chevy. I want to ride in the front of the bus. It's a fair play issue and I think most peole can understand that.
I don't want to let the right go unchallenged on public air-waves. I want to frame this as a fair play issue, I think most people understand fair play. If this is a market economy I should be able to enter the market. If I want to buy a Chevy, can Chevy force me to buy a ford?
As much as I appreciate the web. the air waves are public property, The FCC says so.
So I encourage others to try what I am trying. Our children's future is at stake here.
Robert Millman
r.millman@att.net
Robert, you are right. They are the PUBLIC airwaves and this is indeed a fight worth fighting. Thanks for bringing that up.
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