NY Times runs SGTV ad "Bush knew"

The Sunday NY times ran a still from the "Bush Knew" ad, SGTV produced at Global Free Press

Bushin30seconds.com -December 2003

Please vote for the SGTV video, if you catch it at the MoveOn-Campaign.
Featured in the video, edited by Sterling and Chad, Michael Kane.

On the Web, an Amateur Audience Creates Anti-Bush Ads

NY Times -December 21, 2003

Photo: Eli Pariser, left, of MoveOn and Moby go over submissions.

When the Web-based political group MoveOn.org announced a contest in October for homemade commercials challenging the Bush administration (the winner to be shown on television during the week of the State of the Union address) grass-roots America proved a willing and eager advertising agency.

Thirty-second spots poured in by the hundreds in e-mail attachments to MoveOn.org, which has already shown that the Internet can be a battering ram for political activism by organizing protests against the invasion of Iraq. Last week, the group posted 1,017 of the amateur commercials on a Web site (www.bushin30seconds.org), asking viewers to pick their favorites.

... It would not be the first time the group has proven the power of the Internet for political activism. Founded five years ago to oppose the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, MoveOn.org became a catalyst for demonstrations earlier this year, and subsequently raised more than $7 million from 133,000 donors to oppose Mr. Bush's policies. Last month two billionaire philanthropists, George Soros and Peter B. Lewis, announced they would match contributions to the group up to $5 million between them.

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