CHARLES GIBSON - YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE

[givemebackmycountry]

This is what you see if you are watching Game 6 of the NBA Finals on ABC and ABC HD.
Running the length of the court on the scorers table, there is assurance that Charles Gibson is "our trusted source".

Thank You ABC.
I will sleep well tonight knowing that I have a "trusted source" telling me what I need to know.

Charles Gibson.
Hand job Extraordinare.

Please someone, fast forward me to a sane universe?

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. another media ho

who's perfected the art of the "concerned look". :puke:

please sign our guestbook: www.ThankYouRFK.com

[NYCGirl]

2. It's called a COMMERCIAL. Certainly you've seen one before. NT

[givemebackmycountry]

3. NO, it's NOT a commercial (well maybe)

I'll cut you some slack because you are from New York and so am I, and I like everyone I meet from New York.

A commercial is 15 or 30 seconds long.
A 70 foot banner that is in constant focus every second the game is being played is not a commercial.
Plus, it had his picture on it.
That's just wrong.

[NYCGirl]

4. Okay, it's an advertisement. They pay big money to the NBA to have the

rights to show the games — ads are part of the package.

They have ads behind home plate on baseball diamonds and along the wall at hockey games, too.

ABC just gave Gibson the evening news — they want to make sure people watch it.

Edited to add: I hate having the news treated like selling soap powder — but since the news divisions are now considered profit centers for the networks, that's the way it has to be, I guess.