NBC Touts 'Exclusive First Look' At Obama Campaign Propaganda
On Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander excitedly promoted an upcoming Obama campaign ad disguised as a documentary: "Next week the Obama campaign will release this 17-minute documentary about the President's first term in office. And Today was given an exclusive first look."
In the first clip, actor Tom Hanks narrates: "How do we understand this president and his time in office?" The next clip is of Vice President Joe Biden praising the President's decision to kill Osama Bin Laden: "As he walked out of the room, it dawned on me. He's all alone. This is his decision. Nobody is standing there with him."
Making sure viewers knew the liberal star power behind the campaign video, Alexander remarked: "And by the way, you may recognize a familiar voice, Ann, in that documentary, its narrator is Tom Hanks." Seemingly surprised co-host Ann Curry replied: "Huh, it did sound familiar, Peter Alexander. Thank you so much."
Here is a portion of Alexander's March 8 report:
7:10AM ET
(...)
TOM HANKS [NARRATOR, OBAMA DOCUMENTARY]: How do we understand this president and his time in office?
ALEXANDER: Meanwhile, next week the Obama campaign will release this 17-minute documentary about the President's first term in office. And Today was given an exclusive first look.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Decision 2012; Campaign Previews Obama Documentary]
JOE BIDEN: The entire national security apparatus was in that room. And now we had to make a decision. Go or not go. As he walked out of the room, it dawned on me. He's all alone. This is his decision. Nobody is standing there with him.
ALEXANDER: That clip is, of course, referencing the President's decision to order the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan last spring. And by the way, you may recognize a familiar voice, Ann, in that documentary, its narrator is Tom Hanks.
ANN CURRY: Huh, it did sound familiar, Peter Alexander. Thank you so much.
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Let me guess. The President
Submitted by tcm14 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:39pm.
Let me guess. The President doesn't come off looking too bad in this documentary.
Oh shoot, sorry if I ruined it for everyone.
⇒ An exclusive?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:41pm.
That's like giving GE a pass on their taxes.
No, that's like giving heroin addict, Robert F Kennedy Jr. $1.4 billion because uncle Teddy threw early support to the Obama campaign.
OK, it doesn't rise to past levels of past Obama corruption, but it's certainly in keeping with the narrative.
Spoiler alert Spoiler alert
Submitted by MOONSTRUCK on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:49pm.
Thanks tcm. You ruined the whole thing for me. sheesh.
It's disgusting. If it was
Submitted by tcm14 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:57pm.
It's disgusting. If it was MSNBC, I could understand, but this is NBC pushing this propaganda, a major network.
The Question: Will the FEC rule this a political ad?
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:51pm.
Does a 17-minute "documentary" of (by) Obama constitute political advertising, requiring NBC to provide an equal amount of free air time for the Republicans?
Time to raise the Bravo Sierra flag.
Submitted by BuffNBone on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:26pm.
While serving we were prohibited from doing anything political while wearing a uniform or being identified as a member of the military.
It pains me to see our President to wrapping SEALskin garments to promote himself.
A pox on anyone who enables the facade. We deserve better.
At least Dubya was in the guard...
Submitted by Hog_Flambe on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 12:06am.
Never served, myself.
Still it grates on me when folk drape a jacket over their frame...or even salute.
Grandpa gets a pass...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIhw57H2vzo
:-D
Heck, NBC's "first look" was just about unavoidable
Submitted by needle on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:02pm.
Of course, NBC had an "exclusive" first look.
The real question is how much of a role did NBC have in producing the
documentarypropaganda, both directly and indirectly.- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Obama propaganda
Submitted by zebra649 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:06pm.
I can't wait to see it. I am sure it will bring a tear to my eye.
Tom Hanks....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:21pm.
Are they gonna' show slow motion footage of staffers running down the halls dodging Republican Senators while violins and chorus' play....?
What a jip. I was hoping he would do one for us and call it Band of Birthers.
HOPE AND CHANGE FOR REAL THIS TIME
Submitted by GlenStanish on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:22pm.
In a report today in the Daily Rash, the White House announced Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, "Hope and Change, For Real This Time!" is ready to roll. http://www.thedailyrash.com/hope-and-change-for-real-this-time
Exclusive?
Submitted by Schofield Kid on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:38pm.
Just got back from lunch and the place had CNN on. Guess what? Amazingly they also had an "exclusive" first look at this new white house propaganda film. Let's just say Gary Sinise narrated a film for Romney or any other candidate other than O. Would CNN, NBC, et. al. breathlessly promote it as an exclusive in what is essentially a free campaign commercial? Sorry, rhetorical question.
man look at his ears
Submitted by I hate marxists on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:41pm.
except his nose isn't as big as Bill Mahers
If its a "doc" on JugEars accomplishments...
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 6:48pm.
It would barely fill 17 SECONDS!
If Mitt Romney did such an infomercial...
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 6:51pm.
Could you imagine the media uproar if Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum made a thirty-minute infomercial? They'd be screaming bloody murder! But, of course, this is their idol, so this rubbish is perfectly OK. Pass more barf bags, please...
More is learned from ....
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:39pm.
Brietbart ..... who points out the media ignorance and a manboy who was raised as a marxist street thug. Really don't know why he was on campus. No transcripts, no records ...... hummmm.
The Road We've Traveled
Submitted by spepper on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 10:22am.
“The Road We’ve Traveled” under the current occupant, is heading straight over a CLIFF. Time to turn the "buggy" around. At this point, it doesn’t matter who the new "driver" is, that turns it– only that he actually DOES it before it’s too late.
Where Else Would NBC Pick Up the DNC Talking Points?
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 2:00pm.
I don't know what you people are so mad about.
NBC has to have some method so they can be told what to say.
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