In case you haven't heard-Burger King pulled ads and Sinclair pulled Film

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

So go get a Whopper baby!

[redqueen]

1. They better have salads.

I forsee a trip to BK in the near future.

[Phillycat]

3. They actually have veggie burgers that aren't totally disgusting.

[Lavender Brown]

2. I want onion rings.

I haven't had fast food in ages.

[tridim]

10. Their O-rings are tasty

but deadly. Plan on spending the next day near a toilet.

[benburch]

12. Yum!

I also like that new steak sandwich...

[Lavender Brown]

16. ... And this is why I never eat fast food

:)

[WinterStorm]

21. I just posted Onion Rings

I noticed that you did too. We have so much in common.

[skooooo]

4. You mean Sinclair isn't showing the anti-Kerry film now?

That is good news, if I'm understanding correctly.

[MissMillie]

5. However...

I have heard that instead of airing the entire film, Sinclair is planning to show a "news program" w/ clips of the film as well as interviews w/ some of the Swift Boat Vets. This may be even more damaging than airing the film as people might actually think this is a bonafide news program.

[JHB]

8. In other words...

...They're showing it without showing it.

[HereSince1628]

13. Exactly, investors fall for bait and switch

You can bet they will show most of the lies.

I have letters drafted for the Milwaukee Sinclair station I can pick up. If the film airs without equal time, for some anti-Bush film, I'll modify as needed and send the letter for inclusion in the portfolio of viewer comments they must submit for review as part of their next license renewal with cc's to the Wisconsin congressional delegation.

[emulatorloo]

15. They're just gonna show the "GOOD PARTS" basically EOM

[Frances]

6. I called and thanked Burger King

I don't go to fast food places that often, but I will choose Burger King from now on.

[tridim]

7. Did they really pull the film?

Everything I've read says they're just re-editing it and will still show portions.

[gWbush is Mabus]

11. they just gave the film a new title.

[jdots]

9. this is the first thing have done with taste

it takes two hands to hold an elephant turd

[miss_kitty]

14. They are ordering FORTY of their stations to air

a one hour special crapfest they are slyly calling an examination of 'media bias'.

From Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/20/1422246

"Sinclair Bows to Pressure; To Air Only Portion of Anti-Kerry Film

The Sinclair Broadcasting Group yesterday announced that it would not air a documentary slamming John Kerry's Vietnam War record in its entirety. The conservative chain of TV stations said it would only air portions of the film as part of an hour-long special scheduled for Friday. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, president of the nonprofit Media Access Project, called the Sinclair move "a surprising cave-in" and said the company "clearly felt a lot of pressure and this is an attempt to find a face-saving way out." Sinclair had been threatened with lawsuits and economic boycotts for considering airing a one-sided documentary so close to the election. Sinclair's stock price has dropped 15 percent over the past two weeks. Sinclair has ordered 40 of its stations to air a one-hour program on Friday called "A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media," using footage from "Stolen Honor" and other political documentaries while examining allegations of media bias. The film Stolen Honor is extremely harsh on Kerry. According to the New York Times the film charges Kerry single-handedly prolonged the Vietnam War and caused the deaths of countless U.S. soldiers due to his antiwar activism 30 years ago. The film also claims Kerry's activism worsened the torture of U.S. POWs in Vietnam. Sinclair's chief executive David Smith and his three brothers have been major financial supporters of the Bush campaign."

MONEY TALKS!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. In case you haven't heard-Burger King pulled ads and Sinclair REPACKAGED

There - I stand corrected

[WoodrowFan]

18. can't think of a better sponsor

can't think of a better sponsor for that film that a place that specializes in selling whoppers.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

19. have they stopped running that spooky ad

with the Retro-King in the bed with the lawnmower sounds in the background? That just creeps me out...

theProdigal

[Enraged_Ape]

22. I LOVE that ad

Best ad on TV. It's something only a genius the likes of Man Ray or Marcel Duchamp could have come up with. Really funny and scary at the same time.

[WinterStorm]

20. Onion Rings

:9

[zbdent]

23. I'm sorry, but that new commercial with the guy in bed with the Burger

King? That freaks me out.

Especially with the mask that doesn't move when the "Burger King" talks . . .

shudder . . .

I thought I was accidentally tuning in to Tucker Carlson's home movie channel . . .

[chaska]

24. See it here.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2107697

[Phillycat]

25. Yeah, what the fuck is that about?

It's fucking creepy!

[Phillycat]

26. Sorry-dupe