VelvetJ Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Last night I saw a news story on Channel 11 regarding a new TV Ad regarding Tom Delay. At the end of the story, Greg Hurst read a statement from Tom Delay's office threatening any local TV Station with legal action if they chose to run the advertisment. Later, as I was flipping, I came across the same story on Channel 13, and after their story, the anchor read a statement from the station manager that basically said they reviewed the commercial and chose not to run it. I'm not even sure if Channel 2 even covered the story. This morning as I'm getting ready for work, I see this new commercial airing on channel 11 and before I knew it, I was clapping my hands and yelling at the set. Not so much because it was an ad that Tom Delay would view as negative, but in victory of KHOU not allowing themselves to be bullied by someone who has a reputation and track record of being one of the biggest bullies in politics. I say Bravo Bravo Bravo to channel 11 for this action and for solidifying my opinion that it is the most objective of the major news outlets in this city. If it has a particular "leaning" it does a great job of covering it, which is something I wish I could say for a couple of other stations, whom I feel are too much of one or the other. I love a TV station with guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Congrats to them for not being fearful of a bully. I'm sure KHOU could hold their own against Tom Delay if it came to a court case. Plus I think Tom Delay would ruin his reputation more for trying to hide the facts from his constituents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 but in victory of KHOU not allowing themselves to be bullied by someone who has a reputation and track record of being one of the biggest bullies in politics.Yes, I saw the terse statement prepared by the little Tom Delay clone. What an ice princess.I can't belive there are people my age who act like this. But you REALLY have to wonder about the people in Sugar Land.What's up with you freaks down there? Delay has been an obstacle for a long time, but he just kept getting elected by you sugary folks.Hopefully that's all about to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Yes, I saw the terse statement prepared by the little Tom Delay clone. What an ice princess.I can't belive there are people my age who act like this. But you REALLY have to wonder about the people in Sugar Land.What's up with you freaks down there? Delay has been an obstacle for a long time, but he just kept getting elected by you sugary folks.Hopefully that's all about to change.Polls, if you put much weight in polls, say he would lose the election to an unamed Democrat if held today. I only see things getting worse for Delay between now and the election. Wonder if he can survive the primary? Hopefully he'll be out of office by next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 link to the ad in question regarding Tom Delaygraphic presented on chron.com regarding Tom Delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Congrats to them for not being fearful of a bully. I'm sure KHOU could hold their own against Tom Delay if it came to a court case. Plus I think Tom Delay would ruin his reputation more for trying to hide the facts from his constituents. The Corruptlican from Sugar Land seems to have ruined whatever reputation he had to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 What a lame-o commercial. I was expecting a MoveOn attack ad or something similar based on the comments made by the DeLay campaign saying TV stations could be liable for playing it. Every comment the commercial made has references to established articles written in established outlets (Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, AP). It's not like the background information came from some obscure liberal blogger. How could there be liability in that?Channel 13 should be ashamed.link to the ad in question regarding Tom Delaygraphic presented on chron.com regarding Tom DelayPineda, I loved that graphic the Chronicle has showing the DeLay-Abramoff connections. I remember reading it in the Sunday paper and thought it made a perfect graphic next to the stories from DeLay's speech last weekend with quotes on his innocence and upstanding character. It was a perfect yin/yang moment. I started laughing thinking some editor at the Chronicle really has a sense of humor putting them together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I agree. That ad didn't tell us anything we hadn't already heard.Anyone got the text of DeLay's threat? Maybe that will be better reading than the ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 link to story in Chronicle today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Methinks DeLay doesn't want people to know about a 6 day trip he took to Russia with his pal Abramoff paid for by an unknown company registered in the Bahamas that no one is able to find out who owns it, but who also gave Abramoff $440,000 to lobby for Russian interests.Our own congressman from lil' ol' Sugarland, taking money from Russians. What does Russia have to do with powerful American politicians? I can't wait to find out the rest of this story, cause it's got juicy written all over it.A 3rd DeLay Trip Under Scrutiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 This commercial isn't any worse than your typical election year commercial.It's just stating what everyone already knows. GROW up Delay and face the music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I wonder with Pupper Master Delay out of the picture how Culberson will act with Houston mass transportation funding?And I absolutely despise Delay, he stands for everything he's against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 AP article via the Washington Post: 3 Houston TV Stations Refuse DeLay AdsInterestingly, the AP story says KHOU chose not to run the ad, though I guess that may have changed since the AP story was published.So I just watched the ad. I didn't think it was that bad. I think if DeLay didn't threaten the TV stations a lot of people (myself among them) wouldn't have given it a second look. He's only making himself look bad. It's been decades since any politician has been able to really take on the media like that and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Interestingly, the AP story says KHOU chose not to run the ad, though I guess that may have changed since the AP story was published.This moring they said they are not running the ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 This moring they said they are not running the ad.Well maybe my lying eyes played a 30 second trick on me. I know I saw that commerical on channel 11 during their morning show. Is there another witness out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 11 showed it in conjunction with their news piece that they were not going to run it outside of a news story. So Velvet, skip the trip to the eye doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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