A Great Superbowl Ad. Well, it Would've Been…
I’m reposting something from Clayton Bell’s blog, and I can’t do it better than he did, so here you go:
In case you haven’t heard, NBC said “no” to a Super Bowl ad from CatholicVote.com. Here’s a brief explanation of why from the CatholicVote.comnewsletter:
So why did NBC reject the ad?
The network claims that they do not allow political or issue advocacy advertisements during the Super Bowl, but that’s simply not true.
The network was willing to air an ad by PETA, which is definitely an advocacy group, if PETA would tone down their ad’s sexual suggestiveness.
Also, the first ad scheduled to run during the Super Bowl is a creative spot about Pedigree’s pet adoption drive. The ad ends with the line: “Help us help dogs.”
In recent years, some Super Bowl advertisements have caused controversy. But there’s nothing objectionable about our positive, life-affirming advertisement. We show a beautiful ultrasound, something NBC’s parent company GE has done for years. We don’t attack Barack Obama, but focus on him becoming the first African-American President. We simply ask people to imagine the potential of each human life.
Below is the video (RSS subscribers may need to click here), but here’s my request: Watch it during halftime. Take a moment to sit around the computer and watch the video. It’s even in HD!
Tell everyone you know. Repost the video on your blog. Twitter it out. Do whatever you do to let people know about things. Let’s use the power of social media to send a message to mainstream media.
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