Networks respond to false Fox ad

[DiveCon]

Fox dupes the other idiots once again. A classic advertisement scheme CNN was stupid enough to fall for...ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

and they can have all of the vans, satellite uplinks, thousands of correspondents at the event and a Sobret's hotdog stand ........ it doesn't mean a goddam thing unless CNN headquarters plays it over the airwaves.....which they didn't.

yup
the dopes actually told what few listeners they had left that someone else had out foxed them again

 

[MarcATL]

I'm not surprised in the least. They will do and say anything for a buck. FOXNews has a track-record of lies, lies and more lies. It seems to be working for them so the only thing will do is ramp up the lies.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Fox News is under fire for a newspaper ad they purchased Friday that inaccurately accused its competitors, including CNN, of failing to cover last weekend's Tea Party protests in Washington.

"How did, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN miss this story?" Fox's newspaper ad asks.

The answer: They didn't.

CNN provided live coverage of the rally in Washington on Saturday, dispatching more than a dozen personnel, including multiple camera crews and the CNN Express Bus, to cover the event. Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser was live at Freedom Plaza; Correspondent Kate Bolduan reported live from the Capitol and throughout the crowd; All Platform Journalist Jim Spellman provided live hits all day after traveling for weeks on the Tea Party Express Bus; and CNN Correspondent Lisa Desjardins was live for CNN and CNN Radio from the National Mall.

CNN's Rick Sanchez weighs in on Fox's ad

CNN's coverage also included numerous live reports and interviews with protesters and newsmakers, including rally day speaker Sen. Jim DeMint and activist Art Gerhart, who was on the set with anchor Don Lemon to discuss the event.

In addition, CNN.com provided a live stream of the rally throughout the day.

ABC referred Friday to a statement by Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks — the group that organized the event – characterizing the network's coverage that day as "fair and honest." The rally story was featured on the network's morning shows, nightly news broadcast, in extensive radio reporting and online.

MSNBC also pointed to its own reporting. "Just like every other network mentioned in the ad, MSNBC covered last Saturday's protest," the network said in a statement.

CBS detailed its coverage of the event in a statement issued Friday afternoon.

"CBS News had multiple crews on site with our Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes reporting," the network said in a statement. "It was the lead story on the CBS EVENING NEWS; CBS Radio News provided hourly reports during the day and CBSNews.com had the story in its rotating lead all day. They also processed the Nancy Cordes video and linked it throughout the site."

And CNN criticized Fox for its inaccurate statement. "Fox News' ad released today is blatantly false regarding CNN's coverage of the 9/12 rally," CNN said in a statement.

Watch some of CNN's Tea Party coverage here, and read some of our in-depth reporting.

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It's not that they failed to cover it, they failed to cover it objectively. Their take was" there were a few thousand racist protesters at the mall in D.C.." IMHO

 

[RadiomanATL]

Puffery is okay in ads but deception? You put up with that?

Not familiar with advertising?

 

[RadiomanATL]

Saying you're the top when you aren't and haven't been in some time is a lie every bit as bad as claiming your opposition did something they didn't.

The claim about being "top" is important because I would think that advertising rates might be based on that claim.

Nah, advertising rates aren't based on what the stations claim. Otherwise all stations would claim to be number one.

The actually rankings are based on audience research by the Nielsen company in television and Arbitron in radio. But all they do is rank, not set prices. The prices are set by the stations themselves. But Advertisers can look at the rankings ...kinda...and decide whether or not to pay what the station wants for the advertising.

 

[REVxERIK]

Yeah it's also hard for me to believe that Pizza Hut is America's favorite pizza.

Oreo is America's favorite cookie. It says so right on the box.

House is the #1 show on television...

house should have won all the emmys it was nominated for. brilliant show

 

[Dr.House]

Oreo is America's favorite cookie. It says so right on the box.

House is the #1 show on television...

house should have won all the emmys it was nominated for. brilliant show

18 minutes to Season 6 opener...

 

[DiveCon]

House is the #1 show on television...

house should have won all the emmys it was nominated for. brilliant show

18 minutes to Season 6 opener...

DVR it
watch the football game