During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of media politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.
Friday, January 30, 2009
PETA Super Bowl Commercial
NBC rejected PETA's Super Bowl advertisement, requesting numerous changes to the sexual content before it was suitable to air. PETA refused to alter the commercial, resulting in free airtime on most major news networks. These prominent news sources not only covered the story, but most showed the commercial in the original, uncensored version. I thought this was a nice representation of what we were discussing last class session about free media. (I did not post the link, assuming if it is inappropriate by NBC's standards, it is most likely inappropriate by ours. If you want to see the commercial, its on YouTube, Google and Yahoo)
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