Comments on: NBC’s POTUS Protection Practices — nothing new http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/ Blog, news, books Mon, 20 May 2013 04:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Shelly http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16237 Shelly Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:32 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16237 Now, now – NBC isn’t any worse than ABC, CBS, or FOX. And NBC is better than Al Jazeera. Come on, at least give me that..?

]]> By: PoliticalCritic http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16236 PoliticalCritic Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:13:35 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16236 So much for freedom of speech. That movie trailer has nothing in it that warrants a ban. NBC will play GOP smear ads, but they won’t play a harmless ad about a documentary? Sad.

]]> By: michael d. morrison http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16235 michael d. morrison Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:03:05 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16235 nbc is a common carrier and is subject to the telecommunications act of 1996 ( http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/1996/nrcc6014.txt )( http://www.fcc.com/telecom ), so why are they saying that anything is “unflattering to the president”? and who is nbc to determine this? does the media in the united states hire political commissars to guide them to the light?

]]> By: Lee M http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16234 Lee M Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:39:24 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16234 Its a sad day for democracy and freedom of speech when “unflattering” media can be manipulated by the president.

]]> By: Daniela http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16233 Daniela Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:24:34 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16233 One day we’ll look back on this whole issue and be awed at how much our press was able to get away with. It’s McCarthyism all over again, only worse.

]]> By: James Day http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16232 James Day Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:16:35 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16232 Personally, I’m curious whether someone who asks C-SPAN for their full, unedited, east coast coverage of GWB’s first post-election inaugural balls will actually get it all, including the reason why the subsequent DOJ statue giggling episode happened and the administration was sensitive to Superbowl breast baring on stage in public later on.

]]> By: James Robertson http://www.lessig.org/2006/10/nbcs-potus-protection-practice/#comment-16231 James Robertson Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:16:37 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2006/10/nbcs_potus_protection_practice.html#comment-16231 You must have missed this from:

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/10/dixie_chicks_claim_anti-bush_ad_rejected/

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NBC/CW denies this saying, “The spot was not declined. In fact, we were told they were not going to make a national spot buy on CW.”
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If you think NBC is “afraid to disparage the president”, then you clearly don’t ever see or hear Olberman.

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