NBC News asks Romney Campaign to Remove Ad
With just three days before the Florida primaries, Mitt Romney has unleashed a new attack ad against his chief rival, Newt Gingrich.
The ad, which uses a 1997 clip from the day Mr. Gingrich was found guilty by the House of ethics violations, prompted a terse statement from Mr. Brokaw on Saturday in which he expressed concern that his work was being used for political purposes he never intended.
“I am extremely uncomfortable with the extended use of my personal image in this political ad,” he said. “I do not want my role as a journalist compromised for political gain by any campaign.”
NBC’s lawyers have requested that the Romney campaign remove the NBC footage from the ad.
Gingrich, who paid a $300,000 reimbursement fee for the penalty, has emphasized that the ethics inquiry was unfairly partisan. "Whether it was an unprecedented ethics reprimand, his erratic leadership style, or his resignation in disgrace at the hands of his own party, it is understandable why Speaker Gingrich would want to re-write history," Romney spokesman Ryan Williams said in a statement released with the ad.
Romney's campaign said they had received NBC's letter by Saturday afternoon. "We just received the letter; we are reviewing it, but we believe it falls within fair use," senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said.
I have been looking for the pic of Ron Paul that accompanied a story about Newt's Ambassador to the moon. I thought it was on C&L, but it may have been linked to. The pic was Ron Paul dressed in a silver Flash Gordon like outfit, (helmet and all). Anyone have a link to the story with the pic?
I definitely remember that picture. I think it was on an episode last week of either the Daily Show or Colbert.
I think there was a headline that read something like, "Newt's Ambassador to the Moon", with a pic of Ron Paul in a Flash Gordon outfit. I have searched and can't locate the pic. :(
bill_-- Try watching the Daily Show and Colbert clips from last week (prob. in the opening segments), then pause the clip and do a Screengrab (Firefox) to save a .png.
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It was the Daily Show http://www.dailypaul.com/208745/jon-stewart-defends-ron-paul-from-newt-gingrich
Thanks
That pic is from an episode of Daily Show, last week.
Thanks to all for your responses.
Only a modern American journalist could consider a recording of his actual words unacceptable for repetition on the grounds of "partisanship."
“I do not want my role as a journalist compromised for political gain by any campaign.”
"journalist" - that's a fucking joke. No he doesn't want his role being compromised by a political party but anything for his corporate masters, right Tom?
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
seriously, he refers to himself as a journalist? seems that the only thing compromised is his ability to see himself for what he is.
So what? The for-profit media doesn't like fair-use of their own images...BFD. They look to be on-board with censorship WHEN it is in their best interest.
I've dropped cable and now I may need to drop TV. Money corrupst everything.
BTW: dropping cable was much, MUCH more enriching than I'd ever considered. Life seems much more sunny with 75% less corporate bullshit.
He used your clip, Tom, as broadcast to millions, unedited, and you're worried about intent?!
I haven't had any coffee yet. Let me see if his statement makes any sense in awhile. Til then, FUCK YOU, Brokaw.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
The Republican Party was in control of The House, which was why he was Speaker.
He actually confessed that he was guilty in his own testimony. What the fuck were they supposed to do - give him a gold medal and a kiss on the cheek?
Regardless he is a public person, some would unfairly assume this is promoted with his consent, which it is clearly not! What is it with the GOP using people's music and songs w/o their express permission? Why do they always think rules are for others to follow? I can't wait until this clown circus ends in November, and we can get back to real work with Obama and a dem lead house and senate again....but this time 60%, no less!
...that he doesn't want his image of his first step on the moon associated with a Gingrich lunar colonization campaign. News at 11....
"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."....Muhammad Ali
Neil Armstrong is a good man.
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Newt has always had a problem with actual news footage. He famously stated that if opposition campaigns used actual footage of him speaking, it was a lie. I leave it to people with normal brain functions to figure that out.
If Romney wants to use the NBC news story, they could just run the text on the screen with a voice over announcer quoting Brokaw. Run an atomic bomb blast visual, some Exorcist music, boom you have your commercial. Repubs love atomic bomb pictures and exorcist music. And run "Actual facts not approved by Newt Gingrich" at the end just for a comical zinger.
What Would SOPA Say
If SOPA was the law, wouldn't the government be obliged to stop the entire Romney campaign?
It’s not demagoguery - It’s enhanced political marketing
...pass SOPA or PIPA, and then Brokaw and NBC can sue their @$$e$ for copyright infringement and REALLY sink their campaign!
I even sat through the whole ad...
If it were a news clip that was edited or so much out of context that it made the information say the opposite of the actual statement.
It’s not demagoguery - It’s enhanced political marketing
I'm not sure that Romney promoting a fact using Brokaw's report makes a political football out of Brokaw. Romney used it to make the point that it is a fact. Facts have a liberal bias. NBC and Brokaw can't be associated with that.and won't have their integrity impugned.
What a diference 15 years makes. That story, if it broke today, would not be the lead on a Brian Williams Nightly News broadcast - particularly if there was something earth shattering the same day, like a Lindsay Lohan court appearance, or a Conrad Murray appeal filed, or a blonde co-ed kidnapping in the Carribean. That's what is really wrong with the alphabet network newsies.
Yes, the use of the Brokaw piece may be fair use. However the ethics and morality of using this when the person and their lawyers have asked you to stop clearly indicate that the morals of the Mittens campaign are lower than hyenas and jackals.
Maybe Brokaw should worry more about his journalistic ethics. He makes up facts to help candidates he would prefer to be elected. Interesting how Brokaw did this when Axelrod was on. Brokaw pushed back against Axelrod the same same way Meet The Gregory pushed back against Axelrod today and always give a pass to the Right Wing guest.
Well, Mitt, you could be playing with fire. There is some "great" footage of you looking stupid and wishy-washy from your debates with the late Senator Kennedy from the same area which would similarly be "Fair Use" material, too, which would pound home the flip/flop, principle-free point on you.
stayed home the day the Achille Lauro sank, now thats some journalistic integrity!
You know something isn't right with the media when they hire a guy with rocks in his mouth as a news anchor. Brokow is a member of CFR. He is about as 'inside' as you can get - nothing objective about him.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
The NBC broadcast was copyrighted, so whoever was paid to produce the Ad needed NBC's permission. I'm sure that Romney thinks the law is for the little people though.
Republicans are always ripping off copyrighted material. One more indication that their brains are like Swiss Cheese - full of holes. They possess all the human flaws, including irresponsibility and hypocracy.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
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