10/5/2004
Oh This Is Priceless On The Part of NBC
Today the Drudge Report linked to the MRC’s cyberalert #3. And it’s a killer. The MRC is getting so many hits that it’s hard to get through. Keep trying, though, it’s a scream. Here’s the summary:
Four years ago, the NBC Nightly News tookseriously the appearance of the letters “RATS,” in a single frame of an enlargement of part of the word “BUREAUCRATS,” in an anti-Gore ad from the Bush campaign. The September 12, 2000 NBC Nightly News carried two full stories on the controversy. Jump ahead four years, and on Monday night the NBC Nightly News displayed the letters “ILIE” for 16 seconds next to President George W. Bush’s face in a “Decision 2004″ graphic beside anchor Tom Brokaw as he introduced a story by David Gregory. The letters came from the word “FAMILIES” in a sign on the far side of Bush, which read: “TAX RELIEF FOR WORKING FAMILIES.” See, or try to:
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