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Email a FriendPosted by Patricia on Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 9:29 PM (EDT):
Life. Imagine the Potential. Imagine the lives that could have been saved by the airing of this wonderful video.
A Rotten Choice
NBC nixes pro-life ad
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:07 PM
UPDATED WITH IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION
You’ve most likely seen the incredible pro-life video produced by CatholicVote.org that has exploded on the Internet and has also run as a commercial on BET television.
If not, be sure and get a good look here because unfortunately, you won’t be seeing it on the airwaves, not this Sunday anyway.
NBC-TV, the broadcast network showing the Superbowl this weekend, had initially given permission to run the ad, and then later withdrew, saying it was going to avoid “political or advocacy ads.” You can read more about this here.
All of this leaves me thinking one thing: you can’t handle the truth!
I’m not trying to be glib. That’s simply the thought that comes to mind each time I see this beautiful message. It just flies in the face of everything abortion advocates stand for—and it also proves the message of the pro-life camp.
God is bigger than any problem you have in this moment. Life always trumps everything else. Imagine the potential.
UPDATED TO ADD: Here is the contact information provided by Julie at Happy Catholic. Thanks for the tip, Ambrose!
Through some internet detective work I dug up some useful contact information for the folks over at NBC Television. I emailed John Miller, NBC’s Chief Marketing Officer and Jeff Zucker, the CEO regarding the decision to pull the CatholicVote.org pro-life ad. John was kind enough to email back and suggest that I contact Sales or Broadcast Standards as they are the divisions that make calls on commercials. Unfortunately he didn’t provide me with any names, but I have turned up the following list. I suggest we unleash the power of St. Blog’s to make sure the NBC execs know how we really feel.
Jeff.Zucker@nbcuni.com
President and CEO, NBC Universal
Jeff.Gaspin@nbcuni.com
President and COO, Universal Television Group
Kenneth.Schanzer@nbcuni.com
President, NBC Sports
Derek.Bond@nbcuni.com
Executive VP Studios & Broadcast Operations
(Barbara) Bo.Argentino@nbcuni.com
Senior VP Advertising & Media Sales, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution
Scot.Chastain@nbcuni.com
VP Affiliate Advertising and Promotion Services, NBC Entertainment
Dick.Ebersol@nbcuni.com
Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics
Mike.McCarley@nbcuni.com
VP Communications and Marketing, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics
Jacky.Olitsky@nbcuni.com
Director of Program Standards
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Posted by Steph on Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 11:59 PM (EDT):
I agree with all of the above. Is there something being done about this decision? I haven’t heard this news anywhere else. Can we spread the word and encourage a boycott that’s wide spread enough to make an impact, or post an email address to send NBC comments expressing our disappointment etc? This info should be flying though the Christian/Catholic email network to encourage people to act BEFORE Sunday. After that our opinion doesn’t matter much 
We are going to need to become even more proactive and MUCH quicker to respond, because I think there are going to be some major hurdles created over the next four yeas that will hinder our ability to get a strong pro-family message out there.
Julie, the Happy Catholic Blogger has some contact information on her blog to write to NBC to complain. I think even if they won’t run the ad, they should know that families watching the Super Bowl prefer the Pro-Life ad over GoDaddy.com or E.D. ads.
I think we should strive to make much noise as we can and perhaps at least get some people to seek out this ad out of curiosity on You Tube.
Posted by Earl and Jo Marie Hogan on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 10:18 AM (EDT):
Hello NBC. I hope you will change your minds, and allow “Life. Imagine the Potential” air during the Super Bowl. Right now, in the U.S., we are killing 330 unborn babies every day. If we are ever to become a great nation again, this has to end. The public needs to know.
Posted by ReversePhoneLookup on Friday, May 15, 2009 4:08 AM (EDT):
I always like to read something like this. That is usually a bit hard to find valuable information on the internet. And I found your post using Yahoo and I can say I the time spent was worth reading.
Posted by Spouse Surveillance on Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009 7:41 PM (EDT):
No, no body tried to get Bush to set a time table to get out of Afghanistan. But, Someone has forgotten how the Democrats screamed (almost as loud as the mobs shouting about health care) about Iraq.The answer to your question is that Obama doesn’t have a exit strategy in Afghanistan. The troops will not be coming home anytime soon and more will be sent over, you can bet on that.
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