Comments on: Played Like A Cheap Violin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Lex http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-32003 Lex Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:56:39 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-32003 <i>"There was no attempt to come back and have a conversation," Wurtzel said. "There are times when some advertisers get more publicity for having their ad rejected."</i> Interesting quote from the NBC S&P guy. If accurate, it seems to call into question the notion that NBC never rejected the ad. Whether it did or not, NBC could've prevented this by doing the thing the law basically requires them to do, which is air any advertisement that isn't fradulent, obscene or (within certain time slots) indecent, whether it be about abortion, gay marriage, the Dixie Chicks or whatever. Instead, they pussyfooted around and, at best, were victimized by their own ineptitude. At worst, they were caught doing the government's bidding. We'll probably never know which. But the bigger problem -- one that, if addressed, would pretty much end controversies like this -- is that all of the broadcast networks have been all over the lot on the subject of "controversial" or "political" advertising at least since I first got into broadcasting almost 30 years ago, partly out of slavery to political agendas and partly out of an almost uncontrollable urge to treat Americans like idiots. So you'll have to forgive me if I'm a little less willing than other folks here to take what NBC says at face value. “There was no attempt to come back and have a conversation,” Wurtzel said. “There are times when some advertisers get more publicity for having their ad rejected.”

Interesting quote from the NBC S&P guy. If accurate, it seems to call into question the notion that NBC never rejected the ad.

Whether it did or not, NBC could’ve prevented this by doing the thing the law basically requires them to do, which is air any advertisement that isn’t fradulent, obscene or (within certain time slots) indecent, whether it be about abortion, gay marriage, the Dixie Chicks or whatever. Instead, they pussyfooted around and, at best, were victimized by their own ineptitude. At worst, they were caught doing the government’s bidding. We’ll probably never know which.

But the bigger problem — one that, if addressed, would pretty much end controversies like this — is that all of the broadcast networks have been all over the lot on the subject of “controversial” or “political” advertising at least since I first got into broadcasting almost 30 years ago, partly out of slavery to political agendas and partly out of an almost uncontrollable urge to treat Americans like idiots. So you’ll have to forgive me if I’m a little less willing than other folks here to take what NBC says at face value.

]]> By: Mikey NTH http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31614 Mikey NTH Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:30:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31614 So this is an advertising agency? And it wen tout of its way to cheese off NBC, all to create a controversy for its client, the Dixie Chicks? If I was one of the agency's clients I would look real hard at getting another agency before trying to buy time on NBC. So this is an advertising agency? And it wen tout of its way to cheese off NBC, all to create a controversy for its client, the Dixie Chicks?

If I was one of the agency’s clients I would look real hard at getting another agency before trying to buy time on NBC.

]]> By: Blogmeister USA http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31345 Blogmeister USA Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:37:33 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31345 <strong>Goodbye Dixie Chicks; Hello Beccy Cole...</strong> Has anyone else had it with the Dixie Chicks and their incessant whining? Their apparent inability to distinguish between freedom of speech and freedom from criticism? Blackfive has posted this great song by Australian singer Beccy Cole. It's Cole's ... Goodbye Dixie Chicks; Hello Beccy Cole…

Has anyone else had it with the Dixie Chicks and their incessant whining? Their apparent inability to distinguish between freedom of speech and freedom from criticism? Blackfive has posted this great song by Australian singer Beccy Cole. It’s Cole’s …

]]> By: Doug Ross @ Journal http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31306 Doug Ross @ Journal Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:33:35 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31306 <strong>The Dixie Chicks Archipelago...</strong> You probably haven't heard, but the Dixie Chicks have a new movie out. For the most part, word of the movie has been suppressed, but a few key details have managed to leak out...... The Dixie Chicks Archipelago…

You probably haven’t heard, but the Dixie Chicks have a new movie out. For the most part, word of the movie has been suppressed, but a few key details have managed to leak out……

]]> By: Doug Ross @ Journal :: The Dixie Chicks Archipelago :: October :: 2006 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31298 Doug Ross @ Journal :: The Dixie Chicks Archipelago :: October :: 2006 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:08:30 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31298 [...] The Dixie Chicks Archipelago It’s an awful tale of censorship. You probably haven’t heard, but the Dixie Chicks have a new movie out. For the most part, word of the movie has been suppressed, but a few key details have managed to leak out: The Chicks did managed to get the movie, Shut up and Sing, released into the theaters yesterday. With its anti-GOP message and timing, it has received mostly glowing reviews from the mainstream media. And, speaking of which, the Chicks have appeared on MSNBC (Chris Matthews’ Hardball, not well known for its entertainment guests, but famous for its incessant GOP-bashing), ABC’s Nightline (ditto), CNN (Larry King Live), and Oprah. Oh, and I forgot their new CD was recently released… …along with a set of new posters, framed CDs and other memorabilia. Plus, sales of their last concert DVD have picked up considerably. Not to mention the attention gained through some faux controversies*. * Controversies may be smaller than they actually appear Yes, you’d be hard-pressed to figure out that the Dixie Chicks have a new movie out. This is truly a tragic story of suppression and censorship. It reminds me of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn having to smuggle The Gulag Archipelago out of the Soviet Union after serving ten years in a concentration camp. [...] [...] The Dixie Chicks Archipelago It’s an awful tale of censorship. You probably haven’t heard, but the Dixie Chicks have a new movie out. For the most part, word of the movie has been suppressed, but a few key details have managed to leak out: The Chicks did managed to get the movie, Shut up and Sing, released into the theaters yesterday. With its anti-GOP message and timing, it has received mostly glowing reviews from the mainstream media. And, speaking of which, the Chicks have appeared on MSNBC (Chris Matthews’ Hardball, not well known for its entertainment guests, but famous for its incessant GOP-bashing), ABC’s Nightline (ditto), CNN (Larry King Live), and Oprah. Oh, and I forgot their new CD was recently released… …along with a set of new posters, framed CDs and other memorabilia. Plus, sales of their last concert DVD have picked up considerably. Not to mention the attention gained through some faux controversies*. * Controversies may be smaller than they actually appear Yes, you’d be hard-pressed to figure out that the Dixie Chicks have a new movie out. This is truly a tragic story of suppression and censorship. It reminds me of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn having to smuggle The Gulag Archipelago out of the Soviet Union after serving ten years in a concentration camp. [...]

]]> By: bRight & Early » First Cup 10.28.06 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31293 bRight & Early » First Cup 10.28.06 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:07:58 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31293 [...] Blue Crab Boulevard Played Like A Cheap Violin — "The Associated Press is reporting that the kerfluffle over the so-called silencing of the Dixie Chicks and the ads for their new movie appear to be nothing more than a publicity stunt. So say the networks involved, NBC and CW." [...] [...] Blue Crab Boulevard Played Like A Cheap Violin — “The Associated Press is reporting that the kerfluffle over the so-called silencing of the Dixie Chicks and the ads for their new movie appear to be nothing more than a publicity stunt. So say the networks involved, NBC and CW.” [...]

]]> By: Leaning Straight Up http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31241 Leaning Straight Up Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:04:08 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31241 <strong>OTA Weekend- The Dixie Chicks Edition...</strong> I took a slightly different tack on the whole Dixie Chicks debacle.  When Maines shot her mouth off in Europe it didn’t particularly offend me.  Yes, I thought it was a stupid point to make, but I am somewhat jaded to Hollywood people d... OTA Weekend- The Dixie Chicks Edition…

I took a slightly different tack on the whole Dixie Chicks debacle.  When Maines shot her mouth off in Europe it didn’t particularly offend me.  Yes, I thought it was a stupid point to make, but I am somewhat jaded to Hollywood people d…

]]> By: Sylvia Medford http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31237 Sylvia Medford Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:58:06 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31237 Could we stop with the Dixie Chicks already? Been there, done that. Saw one concert on TV. Thought they were mildly entertaining. Don't care what they said 3 years ago, although I was annoyed at the time. They forgot one cardinal rule of entertainers. The public has to like your persona and delivery as well as your act. I propose a new system for ticket prices. One price for your act and 25% off if I am compelled to listen you your politics. Why not a 2 tier system, one set politics-free and one full on for polical rants. If you pay regular price you get a discount later at the box office for having to listen to this garbage, if you haven't been warned in advance. Celebrity politics, what a bore. Fritz Could we stop with the Dixie Chicks already? Been there, done that. Saw one concert on TV. Thought they were mildly entertaining. Don’t care what they said 3 years ago, although I was annoyed at the time.

They forgot one cardinal rule of entertainers. The public has to like your persona and delivery as well as your act. I propose a new system for ticket prices. One price for your act and 25% off if I am compelled to listen you your politics. Why not a 2 tier system, one set politics-free and one full on for polical rants. If you pay regular price you get a discount later at the box office for having to listen to this garbage, if you haven’t been warned in advance. Celebrity politics, what a bore.

Fritz

]]> By: AskMom http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31234 AskMom Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:27:42 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31234 Oh how it hurt to give up the Chicks. But when even Starbucks became part of the great left-wing conspiracy to not silence and suppress them, I knew the girls and I were through :) Oh how it hurt to give up the Chicks. But when even Starbucks became part of the great left-wing conspiracy to not silence and suppress them, I knew the girls and I were through :)

]]> By: TC@LeatherPenguin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31225 TC@LeatherPenguin Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:50:14 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31225 dymphna? That may well be the funniest thing I've read this week. dymphna? That may well be the funniest thing I’ve read this week.

]]> By: The Anchoress » Great Pumpkins, Bad Art and More http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31210 The Anchoress » Great Pumpkins, Bad Art and More Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:59:16 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31210 [...] Blue Crab Boulevard has a Chicks antidote. Oh, and ummm…cancel that “silencing” part. Seems that was just a publicity stunt? Oh, well…the meme is out there, now! [...] [...] Blue Crab Boulevard has a Chicks antidote. Oh, and ummm…cancel that “silencing” part. Seems that was just a publicity stunt? Oh, well…the meme is out there, now! [...]

]]> By: Sister Toldjah » Dixie Chicks pull PR stunt; claim NBC refused to air ad “because it disparaged the President” http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31209 Sister Toldjah » Dixie Chicks pull PR stunt; claim NBC refused to air ad “because it disparaged the President” Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:57:24 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31209 [...] By: Sister Toldjah in: That's Entertainment, Clueless Wonders, Hollywood Left | EMail This Post | Print This Post |    Trackback URI for this post:http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/10/27/dixie-chicks-pull-pr-stunt-claim-nbc-refused-to-air-ad-because-it-disparaged-the-president/trackback/ » [...] [...] By: Sister Toldjah in: That’s Entertainment, Clueless Wonders, Hollywood Left | EMail This Post | Print This Post |    Trackback URI for this post:http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/10/27/dixie-chicks-pull-pr-stunt-claim-nbc-refused-to-air-ad-because-it-disparaged-the-president/trackback/ » [...]

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31206 Gaius Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:45:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31206 And the worst thing is, I don't think they will understand how badly they have been played here. Or won't recognize it. And the worst thing is, I don’t think they will understand how badly they have been played here. Or won’t recognize it.

]]> By: dymphna http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31205 dymphna Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:43:02 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31205 Do we sound as lockstep to them as they do to us? My favorite was..."if the Republicans are out of office, they still won't have any problem getting their propaganda publicized like mad on all the major networds, no matter how vicious, how false, or how un-American." Absoloootely. That's why we ran Foley 24/7, and have lionized the fat boy of "Columbine" fame. And that's why Repubicans have to have that snuff film of Bush's assassination in the theatres asap. Not to forget that the President has the NYT in his pocket. That's why they never leak anything of substance on intel. And that's why they ignored Abu Ghraib so completely. If it hadn't been for Fox running those day and night exposés, we'd never have known about those tortures...and, of course, when the Iraqis took over A.B. and the prisoners were begging the Americans to return, why the NYT played that one front and center till we were all sick of it. Yes, sir. Those evil Republicans and their satanic control of the media is something to behold... Do we sound as lockstep to them as they do to us?

My favorite was…”if the Republicans are out of office, they still won’t have any problem getting their propaganda publicized like mad on all the major networds, no matter how vicious, how false, or how un-American.”

Absoloootely. That’s why we ran Foley 24/7, and have lionized the fat boy of “Columbine” fame. And that’s why Repubicans have to have that snuff film of Bush’s assassination in the theatres asap.

Not to forget that the President has the NYT in his pocket. That’s why they never leak anything of substance on intel. And that’s why they ignored Abu Ghraib so completely. If it hadn’t been for Fox running those day and night exposés, we’d never have known about those tortures…and, of course, when the Iraqis took over A.B. and the prisoners were begging the Americans to return, why the NYT played that one front and center till we were all sick of it.

Yes, sir. Those evil Republicans and their satanic control of the media is something to behold…

]]> By: UPDATE: Screw The Dixie Chicks « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/comment-page-1/#comment-31193 UPDATE: Screw The Dixie Chicks « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:32:17 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/27/played-like-a-cheap-violin/#comment-31193 [...] Gaius has updated the Dixie Chicks story. As he says, Played Like A Cheap Violin. Posted by SC&A Filed in Uncategorized [...] [...] Gaius has updated the Dixie Chicks story. As he says, Played Like A Cheap Violin. Posted by SC&A Filed in Uncategorized [...]

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