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Subject: Re: [1st amend] NYT: MTV refuses antiwar commercial Date: Mon, 17
Mar 2003 08:38:25 -0500 (est)
As deplorable and heinous as MTV's actions are, go back and read the 1st
Ammendment. MTV is not a government run channel. The 1st doesn't apply
to it.
Now - if say Fox News
As deplorable and heinous as MTV's actions are, go back and read the 1st
Ammendment. MTV is not a government run channel. The 1st doesn't apply
to it.
Now - if say Fox News - who claims to be "Fair and Balanced" refused it,
while accepting - say US Army/Navy/Marines ads, etc. that might be an
in
The official reason MTV rejects "issues based" ads is that they want
to prevent the "rich" from buying up lots of airtime. Assume the
average MTV viewer is younger and lefter than the average organiztion
with a lot of money, and it makes some sense.
I think their policy should be money on wood ge
What are the issues when media doesn't take ads?
Private media (e.g., a newspaper, a web site) can't be compelled to say,
or not say, anything by the state,
and so can freely exercise arbitrary editorial control over adverts.
What about when the medium is a State-granted monopoly of a resource
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 10:25:20PM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> Best part is here:
>
> http://www.mtv.com/bands/i/iraq/news_feature_031203/index5.jhtml
>
> where Blix says that he doesn't fear Iraq as much as he fears "global
> warming", whatever that is.
>
Guess I'd have to agree with hi
People need to start taking out their towers. Easiest way to fix broadcast
towers is to wait until just before a lightening storm and then cut the big
grounding cables.
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At 6:52 PM -0800 on 3/14/03, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> MTV refuses antiwar commercial
That's okay, they ran one anyway:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/i/iraq/news_feature_031203/index.jhtml
Best part is here:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/i/iraq/news_f
