------ Forwarded Message > From: Glenn <gameocha...@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: "eugenecannabi...@yahoogroups.com" > <eugenecannabi...@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:37:32 -0800 (PST) > To: CPOP <c...@yahoogroups.com>, Karl <kmuelle...@yahoo.com>, > <canlib...@yahoogroups.com>, "eugenecannabi...@yahoogroups.com" > <eugenecannabi...@yahoogroups.com>, Dave McArthur <mcarthu...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [eugenecannabistv] Well, THIS sucks.. >
> > > I say boycott CBS and all their advertisers. > > -g- > > > CBS Corporation Bans Ad Calling for Marijuana Legalization Over 'Morals' > By Paul Armentano, AlterNet > Posted on February 10, 2010, Printed on February 11, 2010 > http://www.alternet.org/story/145633/ > Representatives from the CBS Corporation and Neutron Media Screen Marketing > have rejected a paid advertisement > <http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6189> from the NORML Foundation, the > educational arm of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws > <http://www.norml.org/> (NORML), that was intended to appear on the CBS Super > Screen billboard in New York City¹s Times Square. The fifteen-second ad > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqW9Kj8DVU> , which asserts that taxing and > regulating the adult use and sale of marijuana would raise billions of > dollars in national revenue, was scheduled to appear on CBS¹s 42nd Street > digital billboard beginning on Monday, February 1, 2010. Representatives from > Neutron Media approached NORML in mid-January about placing the ad, which was > scheduled to air 18 times per day for a two-month period. The NORML Foundation > entered into a contractual agreement with Neutron Media to air two separate > NORML advertisements, and produced an initial ad exclusively for broadcast on > the CBS digital billboard. Days after NORML¹s submitted the ad, the > organization received the following e-mail, dated February 3, from a > representative from Neutron Media stated: ³I just received word from CBS and > they will not approve your ad. If CBS changes their morals we will let you > know.² NORML¹s 15-second animated advertisement is available online here > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqW9Kj8DVU> . Commenting on CBS¹ last minute > rejection of the ad, NORML Foundation Executive Allen St. Pierre said, ³Major > media corporations like CBS have no problem airing programming that allows > them to profit off the public¹s interest in marijuana and marijuana law > reform, such as Showtime¹s hit series Weeds and the CBSnews.com online series > Marijuana Nation.¹ <http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-504243_162-156.html> Yet > these same corporate entities balk at airing media that calls on reforming > America¹s criminal marijuana policies policies that have led directly to the > arrest of over 20 million Americans since 1965 > <http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3918/twenty_million_arrests_and_counting/ > > . How can advocates be expected to change these failed policies when those > that control America¹s airwaves refuse to allow them a public forum to voice > their point of view?² According to the results of a December 2009 Angus Reid > survey > <http://www.visioncritical.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009.12.09_Drugs_US. > pdf> , fifty-three percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana. St. > Pierre continued: ³University studies show that regulating the adult use of > marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol would raise over $30 billion annually > in new tax revenue > <http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr4/Lost%20Taxes%20and%20Other%20Costs%20 > of%20Marijuana%20Laws.pdf> , while saving an addition $15 billion per year in > law enforcement costs <http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7858> . The content > of NORML¹s ad is based on sound, readily identifiable data. Moreover, the > message of NORML¹s advertisement is supported by a majority of the public. > CBS¹ denial of this ad spot is based on the company¹s political and cultural > bias and nothing more.² Last summer NORML entered into negotiations with CBS > to launch a live Saturday night radio broadcast > <http://stickam.com/normlshowlive> on the corporation¹s ChatAboutIt.com talk > radio network. CBS representatives initially agreed to the programming, but > then abruptly canceled the contract > <http://blog.norml.org/2009/08/03/nbc-cbs-abc-fox-happy-to-profit-from-marijua > na-as-long-as-nobody-talks-about-legalizing-it/> after NORML had raised the > funding to produce its first show. In 2009, the NORML Foundation launched the > first-ever nationwide television ad campaign calling for the regulation of > marijuana <http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7861> by adults. The Foundation > purchased over 7,700 ad buys on prominent cable networks like CNBC, Fox News, > G4, and FX. The ad campaign did not air on any CBS-affiliated networks. Last > week, moderators of a February 1 live YouTube debate > <http://www.youtube.com/citizentube#p/c/EB843ABAF59735FD> with President > Barack Obama failed to ask > <http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/02/youtube_censors_marijuana_question_in_ob > ama_interv.php> any questions regarding marijuana policy, even though the > topic was the top vote getter > <http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2010/feb/02/obama_avoids_questions_a > bout_leg> on the website¹s Citizen Tube/State of the Union poll. Paul > Armentano is the deputy director of NORML <http://www.norml.org/> (the > National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), and is the co-author > of the book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink > <http://www.marijuanaissafer.com/> (2009, Chelsea Green). > © 2010 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. > View this story online at: http://www.alternet.org/story/145633/ > > > > In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. > > Dalai Lama <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/dalailama158918.html> > > > > > > > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Chang > > ------ End of Forwarded Message
