Has YouTube allowed us to reach a new low in the autism/mercury debate?
Kevin Leitch, who I have verbally sparred with from time to time but generally consider to be a good chap, has posted a video on YouTube that reminds me of a political campaign commercial. You know the ones that we all hate? Where politicians use out of context quotes, make ridiculous assumptions, all against a backdrop of "uglifying" special effects and ominous background music to smear their opponents and scare voters into voting for Mr. Sunshine. 96% of Amercians hate these ads*, so much so that Congress enacted (stupid) legislation to restrict free speech. Not that that has cleaned up political campaigns.
I'm saddened that we come down to a sound bite war, but it always does. And I'm sure we'll start seeing "political ads" coming from my side of the river soon enough. Too bad.
In fairness Kev, your first video post was a really touching and positive video about your daughter.
* I made this stat up. I don't know how many Americans hate these political ads, but I sure don't know any that do other than the creative firms getting paid to produce them, the media placement firms getting paid to buy airtime, and the TV stations selling the time. And their can't be more than 4% of Americans in any of those jobs.
(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)
Has YouTube allowed us to reach a new low in the autism/mercury debate?
Kevin Leitch, who I have verbally sparred with from time to time but generally consider to be a good chap, has posted a video on YouTube that reminds me of a political campaign commercial. You know the ones that we all hate? Where politicians use out of context quotes, make ridiculous assumptions, all against a backdrop of "uglifying" special effects and ominous background music to smear their opponents and scare voters into voting for Mr. Sunshine. 96% of Amercians hate these ads*, so much so that Congress enacted (stupid) legislation to restrict free speech. Not that that has cleaned up political campaigns.
I'm saddened that we come down to a sound bite war, but it always does. And I'm sure we'll start seeing "political ads" coming from my side of the river soon enough. Too bad.
In fairness Kev, your first video post was a really touching and positive video about your daughter.
* I made this stat up. I don't know how many Americans hate these political ads, but I sure don't know any that do other than the creative firms getting paid to produce them, the media placement firms getting paid to buy airtime, and the TV stations selling the time. And their can't be more than 4% of Americans in any of those jobs.