"Wide-Eyed-in-Wonder" and his nutty conspiracy theory just got shot down
- From: "Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" <PopUlist349@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 02:03:59 -0700 (PDT)
In another thread on this newsgroup, our resident biblethumper -- who
alternately signs the nyms "Wide-Eyed in Wonder" and "Carpathia" --
exposed the evil left-wing plot to steal the VP debate by using Gwen
Ifill as moderator.
He also pointed out that he has discovered an entire cable channel
devoted to Obama ads. OHMYGOD!!!! MORE PROOF OF THE PRO-OBAMA
CONSPIRACY.
He must not have been wearing his tin foil hat.
Here's a comment from the Politico blog that explains the cable
channel. Seems as though it was bought and paid for by the Obama
campaign and is not a conspiracy by Dish Network.
Sorry -- guess you'll have to find another devil to exorcise.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/
The Obama channel
Channel 73 on the Dish Network is now The Obama Channel.
Obama's media buying strategy has been marked by a willingness to work
the angles, and to try to pick up a few votes at the margins. The
decision to go to everything from extensive radio buys to odd-hour
infomercials reflects the fact that the campaign media buyers spend a
lot of time thinking about how much persuasion any given dollar can
buy, and given a very cheap format -- late night cable channels that
need filler, for instance -- will settle for a thimblefull of
persuasion.
The satellite channel is the latest of these marginal gambits: Three
readers from different parts of the country email that Channel 073-00
on the Dish Network is now labeled OBAMA. ("What is up with Sen. Obama
having his own channel?" asks a St. Louis reader.) The channel plays
his two-minute ad laying out his economic plan on a loop, over and
over.
The only explanation: The media buyers think they can reach enough
people per dollar to make it worth the odd buy.
The channel's appearance has provoked scorn and alarm on conservative
blogs, though, and some discussion on a forum for Satellite TV
aficionados, where one user writes that a Dish Network executive
emailed to reassure the user that it "is paid advertising by the
Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Senator Obama by DISH
Network" and will broadcast through November 4.
Dish Network spokesman Parker McConachie confirmed the forum account,
and stressed that the channel is paid advertising, and not a corporate
endorsement.
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