We cannot approve the spot with it being Danny Glover’s opinion that the Bush Administration is destroying the Constitution. If you have documentation that it is indeed being destroyed, we can look at that.<\/p>\n
The response came from an email sent by Fox News account executive Erin Kelly, to the CCR’s e-communications manager, Owen Henkel.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, the Republican network’s response doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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\nThe Center for Constitutional Rights needs “documentation” to show that the Constitution is “indeed being destroyed” before Fox News would even consider<\/i> the ad? The network doesn’t like Danny Glover’s “opinion,” and therefore, the ad is unfit for the airwaves?<\/p>\n
I’m imaging the response from Fox News to a movie studio publicizing a new blockbuster:<\/p>\n
Hi Mike —<\/p>\n
We cannot approve the spot with it being Roger Ebert’s opinion that “Enchanted” is the best family picture of the year a “heart-winning musical comedy that skips lightly and sprightly from the lily pads of hope to the manhole covers of actuality.” If you have documentation that the film is indeed the best family movie of the year, and can in fact slip lightly between fantasy and reality, we can look at that.<\/p>\n
Sorry about that,<\/p>\n
Erin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Don’t most<\/i> ads feature opinions? Some of which are subjective? Indeed, CCR’s ad doesn’t just make wild suppositions about the Constitution — the group cites specific examples to bolster its concerns.<\/p>\n
But Fox News wants additional proof that the Constitution is being destroyed. Please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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