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 7/10 Very Good --- feeds.salon.com http://feeds.salon.com/salon/war_room
| Salon's take on the latest headlines and buzz from the political world. By Alex Koppelman, with contributions from Salon's news staff. ... |
Friday, May 16, 2008 --- 71 days ago http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/16/move_on/index.html?source=rss&
| Earlier this week, liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org announced the winner of a contest it had sponsored. Called "Obama in 30 Seconds," the competition sought an ad that the organization could run in support of Barack Obama. Considering MoveOn's history with controversial ads and ad contests, this go-round was actually quite tame. The winning spot looked like it could have been made by any campaign, and there appeared to be no controversy about the contest. It turns out that all was not as harmonious as it initially appeared. On Tuesday, MoveOn leaders e-mailed their membership with an apology. It seems that out of the 1,486 ads that were submitted for the contest, only one was rejected. The group apparently hoped the rejected video would never see the light of day -- the e-mail says they attempted to destroy it and complains, "While we refused to post it on our site, unfortunately the 'filmmakers' took it upon themselves to post the video directly on their website, violating very clear rules of the competition." The e-mail also calls the ad "racist, ignorant, and downright wrong," and says, "We truly apologize for any offense this has caused. It certainly was not our intention to have something like this hit the web." The ad is indeed racist, ignorant and downright wrong -- it's positively baffling, in fact, that anyone would be stupid enough to think it should run on television. But from the filmmakers' Web site , it appears ... |
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