Another Propaganda example: MTV SNUBS BUSH; NO INAUGURAL PARTY PLANNED AFTER
CLINTON BLOWOUTS
(KLP Note: I've marked in bold the particular sections....but the entire thought is Left Wing Propaganda to the younger generation....."Democrat is good, Republican isn't"....)
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MTV SNUBS BUSH; NO INAUGURAL PARTY PLANNED AFTER
CLINTON BLOWOUTS
**Exclusive**
After hosting two consecutive Inauguration celebrations for the Clinton presidency,
MTV
NETWORKS has decided to snub George W. Bush when he takes the oath in
Washington later this
month.
The final decision not to celebrate the new president was made by Sumner
Redstone, CEO of
VIACOM, MTV's parent company, according to sources.
Repeated calls to Redstone, whose company recently awarded an $8 million book
deal to first
lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, went unreturned.
"We are not doing anything this year, we are sitting it out," confirmed MTV
spokeswoman Andrea
Manning in New York on Monday morning.
When asked why MTV was not holding a Bush event this year, one MTV staffer in
New York laughed:
"He's not a Democrat."
The Bush snub raises questions about MTV's claim that its Choose or Lose and
Rock the Vote
campaigns are nonpartisan efforts to increase voter participation with the nation's
youth.
"We have no intention of endorsing any candidate in this race, directly or indirectly,"
claimed
Dave Sirulnick, director of MTV news in 1992.
Yet the network rolled out the red carpet and went heavy rotation after a Clinton
victory.
President Clinton proclaimed onstage at the MTV Ball in January 1993, "Everybody
here knows
that MTV has a lot to do with the Clinton-Gore victory."
"Thank you, MTV!" gloated Al Gore, in front of 4,000 partygoers. "Thank you for
winning this
election. You did it!"
In '97, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was honored at the MTV/CONDE
NAST "Pre-Inaugural
Cocktail Party" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Rep. Barney Frank and actor Kevin
Spacey
partied together at the Corcoran, along with Sumner Redstone.
"The Bush family is in to the REAL thing, Country Western, so who care what these
punks at MTV
do," noted one observer.
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