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• October 6 -- No Outcry Over NBC's
"ILIE" -- But Times Smelled out "Subliminal" Message in "RATS" Ad from 2000
The MRC caught an NBC Nightly News graphic showing the letters "ILIE" for 16 seconds next to President Bush's face. The
Times ignored it, perhaps dismissing the juxtaposition as inadvertent. But back in 2000, Democratic complaints about a single frame of an anti-Gore ad were front-page news.
• September 28 -- "Unsubstantiated"
Swift Boats Watch
There they go again: "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which drew
national attention with advertisements making unsubstantiated attacks against
Mr. Kerry's military service…."
E-mail
TimesWatch Director, Clay Waters, with TimesWatch feedback at
cwaters@mediaresearch.org
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