More Political Censorship
It’s not just for the military anymore. NBC is refusing to run an ad for a new documentary about the Dixie Chicks, Shut Up & Sing, because they cannot accept ads that are “disparaging to President Bush.” Which is very ironic when you consider that the documentary is about the fallout the Dixie Chicks went through for making disparaging comments about President Bush in 2003 including being blacklisted. Harvey Weinstein, whose company The Weinstein Company is distributing the film, had this to say:
“It’s a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America,” Harvey Weinstein said in a statement. “The idea that anyone should be penalized for criticizing the president is profoundly un-American.”
Thinkprogress has the video of the commercial up.
Wow. NBC can kiss my bush-hating ass. I guess they don’t much care for our rights here in the US. Maybe NBC should move to a more appropriate location for tv networks that refuse to criticize their government. I’m sure they could find a place in North Korea.
“To announce there must be no criticism of the President, and to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, it is morally treasonous to the American public.â€
– President Theodore Roosevelt
Someone left that quote on the Thinkprogress site, but I thought it would be good to repeat it here.