Thursday, October 04, 2007

W--H-H-A--A--A--T???

Old codger shakes his head in disbelief, muttering "this would never have happened in the good old days of televison." Back before cable came along and ruined all the fun...


MSNBC Runs Ads For Fox Business Network



Yes, it's true, today we get all our news from MSNBC -- but this especially turned our heads: An ad for the Fox Business Channel, running on MSNBC, subsidiary of NBC and sister-cabler to CNBC, whose lunch Fox-Biz is all but poised to devour. For their part, here's FNC handing over good money to their arch-competitor -- home of Keith Olbermann, for God's sake! The dude who once held [...]



UPDATE: note the updated info and the end of that post.  Seems it was a local spot buy, something that rotates through a specified series of channels. It wasn't a national buy, specifically to MSNBC. 


UPDATE 2:  This is almost as surprising. Maybe more so, given the explanation for the MSNBC spot. Once again, money talks.


Shocking Anti Rush Limbaugh Commercial Airs On Fox During Studio B



A shocking commercial against President Bush and Rush Limbaugh aired on Fox during the Studio B hour. It featured Iraq War Veteran Brian McGough who said, "More and more troops and veterans of Iraq believe George Bush's military policy has been a disaster. I'm one of them."[...]



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