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April 07, 2008
N.Y. Radio Station Bans S'derot Ad
In Gaza, Hamas salute their enablers, the New York Times.
The liberal N.Y. Times, in their never ending war against Israel, strikes again.
WQXR Radio, a New York City station owned by The New York Times, has refused to air a 15-second radio spot by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) because of descriptions "outside our bounds of acceptability." AJC Executive Director David Harris said the spot was aired on hundreds of stations in the United States, including CBS.
The commercial stated, "Imagine you had fifteen seconds to find shelter from an incoming missile. Fifteen seconds to locate your children, help an elderly relative, assist a disabled person to find shelter. That's all the residents of Sderot and neighboring Israeli towns have. Day or night, the sirens go on. Fifteen seconds later, the missiles, fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza, hit. They could hit a home, a school, a hospital. Their aim is to kill and wound and demoralize. "
New York Times Radio president Tom Batunek explained to AJC that the spot did not make it clear that the missile attacks were taking place outside of the New York City area. He added, "The description of the missiles as arriving 'day or night' and 'daily' is also subject to challenge as being misleading, at least to the degree that reasonable people might be troubled by the absence of any acknowledgement of reciprocal Israeli military actions."
Harris commented, "In other words, according to Bartunek’s logic, the only way to broadcast the plight of Sderot’s residents over the airwaves is to equate Israel’s right of self-defense with Hamas’s and Islamic Jihad’s right to strike Israel at will."
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Posted by Robert J. Avrech at April 7, 2008 02:30 PM
Comments
Seraphic Secret is private property, that's right, it's an extension of our home, and as such, Karen and I have instituted two Seraphic Rules and we ask commentors to act respectfully.
1. No profanity.2. No Israel bashing. We debate, we discuss, we are respectful. You know what Israel bashing is. The world is full of it. Seraphic Secret is one of the few places in the world that will not tolerate this form of anti-Semitism. That's it. Break either of these rules and you will be banned.
"subject to challenge as being misleading, at least to the degree that reasonable people might be troubled by the absence of any acknowledgement of reciprocal Israeli military actions"...so, if GM runs an ad on this radio station, do they carefully review it to make sure it is fair to Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, et al, and specifically that doesn't omit any points that could be favorable to the latter companies? Somehow, I doubt it.
Also, I question whether turning down money in this way is consistent with NYT's fiduciary obligation to its shareholder.
Posted by: david foster at April 7, 2008 05:25 PM
David:
It's no surprise that the stock of the New York Times is in the gutter. There is now a brawl over their Class A voting shares. A hedge fund is trying to wrest control from the fiscally irresponsible Sulzberger family.
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at April 7, 2008 05:44 PM
This is just nonsense. Bartunek needs to hear from the "public" about his lack of common sense.
Posted by: Jack at April 7, 2008 09:45 PM
Absurd & obscene. What color is the sky in their world?
Posted by: mark at April 8, 2008 01:32 PM
Jack:
The New York Times and their affiliates live in a provincial bubble. They don't really care about the public. Which is why their stock is close to worthless.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at April 8, 2008 01:53 PM
Mark:
You ask: What color is their sky?
Red.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at April 8, 2008 01:55 PM