Watch the Anti-Mosque Ad That's Too Hot for Networks to Air

A group of brave patriots pooled their money to make this urgent public service announcement warning their fellow citizens about the "monstrous, 13 story mosque at Ground Zero." But those jihadi-sympathizers at NBC and CBS are refusing to broadcast the commercial! We all know it's because network executives hate the principals of religious intolerance upon which this country was founded, but of course they can't come right out and say that; check out the ad and their reasons for rejecting it:

"An ad questioning the wisdom of building a mosque at ground zero would meet our issues of public controversy advertising criteria," writes NBC Universal advertising standards manager Jennifer Riley. "However, this ad which ambiguously defines 'they' as referenced in the spot makes it unclear as to whether the reference is to terrorists or to the Islamic religious organization that is sponsoring the building of the mosque. Consequently, the ad is not acceptable under our guidelines for broadcast."

Scott Wheeler, who runs the political action committee that paid for the ad, sees right through that and tells Politico, "They have very selective standards—they’ll run anything MoveOn.org throws out there."

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By John Del Signore in News on July 14, 2010 4:45 PM

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fallyn katy

I think its tasteless to give such a privilege to one religious group over the victims. after how many years this is the best America can come up with??? it's rude to everyone whom is not of that faith, and unfortunately this is not the right way to confront any prejudices against the Muslim community as a whole. this was God- awful. shameful choice to erect a Mosque. it's sad that we cannot confront the horrors of what happened that day, we'd rather not look at the suffering as most of us did on t.v. that day or shortly after, maybe it was shocking, but no more shocking than the plan's for WTC site. Confront the prejudices on it's own battle grounds, not on the blood stained grounds where so many innocent lives perished.

fallyn katy

Why are we more moved by this then the blatant disregard for the fundamentals of American life? freedom and respect for all? where is the fairness in erecting a place of worship over a site of tragedy for one religious group? were all the victims and their families left behind all Muslim? why are we not fighting that fact that any religious building be placed here when that alone eliminates a sense of togetherness in this tragedy? how fair is it to have only one faith represented? or any faith at all? where is the beauty in exclusivity? where is the place to look upon as strength when it only represents one group? thats not fair, and no i don't want to hear Christians this or Jewish that, thats not fair, we are trying so hard to be so politically incorrect that we lost sight of what happened here and how this united us in a bloody horrific way! forget the church down the street, why are you even mentioning that old thing? i am not arguing religion, im arguing America. FOR ALL!!

bossmanD

there is no such thing as a "peaceful" muslim. ALL muslims will have to become RADICAL to advance their goal of a islamic-run world. THE "PEACEFUL" MUSLIMS RIGHT NOW just believe the TIMING IS NOT RIGHT. BUT WHAT IF they start believing the hype because the Koran does talk of a takeover. its time we call this for what it really is-a war of religion, more particularly, a war of different Gods..

bossmanD

i dont "hate" muslims but i do believe they are not being truly honest of their "agenda"

Squeaky

Islam is a peace loving religion. Check this website to see their peace promoting activities http://thereligionofpeace.com/

bezerkamnn

Does anyone think that any of the building unions are going to participate? Consider that they were involved in the recovery and clean-up process? If it does get approved, they will have to use non-union workers and the project will be sabotaged...

Guest

what i'm concerned more about is...

...what's going to happen to the mosque after it's built?

Think2wice

-"Kill the mosque."

-"Kill..."

-"Kill..."

-"Kill 'em all!...because we need to be sensitive to peoples' feelings"

Ace

Is everyone here naive? The ad is right on target. What a short memory we all seem to have.

joshuadog

No mosque at Ground Zero is like saying no Subway Sandwich shops at Ground Zero. Both are heavily frequented by Islamic people, but that doesn't make everybody holding a 6 inch Veggie Delight on Wheat no cheese a terrorist.

fosiacat

like hell it doesn't.

fucking sandwich terrorists.

iamdraize

lets look at who is funding the ad

Scott Wheeler is the front man for the National Republican Trust PAC which despite its name has no formal connection to the Republican Party.

It sprung into existence with that name in 2009 and has run a few contervesial TV and radio ads against Obama.

Oh wow look, The National Republican Trust PAC is linked to the Orthodox Jewish community! (president, treasurer and lawyer are all Orthodox)

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/mrs_panstreppon/2008/11/national-republican-trust-pacs.php

They have an address at UPS store, but they raised 10 million dollars in one month to buy ads against Obama last year. Funny.

Gothamist heres your chance to get a Pulizter. Do some more digging on whos funding these wtc protests?

Polite New Yorker

This ad is about as ignorant and clueless as ...wanting to build a mosque near Ground Zero.

rasputinsghost

shut up you fucking libertarian caricature

why don't you put on your tricorner hat before burning a quran

SP's Ghost

There's ALREADY a mosque near "ground zero."

http://www.masjidmanhattan.com/

It's been there for forty years.

BDS=(Boycott.Divest.Sanction)

we've been feed anti-arab messages in movies and TV for years. Check out this great montage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi1ZNEjEarw

Remember that scene in back to the future?

'run for it marty! they're attacking us!' Who? The Libyans!" haha.

NannyState

A billion people worship at mosques every day but somehow we need a religious force-field around the World Trade Center? What else? Braided garlic to ward off vampires?

inoyourider

This ad's disgusting.

Still have never heard if there has been any discussion about the loudness and frequency of the adhan.

Aside from that most people will never know that the mosque is even there.

SP's Ghost

It's not going to be a mosque. Does anyone worry about the loudness of the church bells coming from a YMCA? Also, it's not going to be AT GROUND ZERO. It's going to be in the area, but not on the actual footprint of the Twin Towers. The disinformation and the stupidity surrounding this is staggering.

inoyourider

"Does anyone worry about the loudness of the church bells coming from a YMCA?"

Didn't know they had bells.

Probably depends what's nearby.

Which as I was saying, is the only imaginable way this could bother anyone being that most people, contrary to what you may think, know where the building is by now.

It's supposed to have a prayer space.

Does that come with an adhan?