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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: jlallen who wrote (142730)	5/4/2001 9:02:57 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) of 769670

NBC News Graphic Shows Bush in Riflescope Crosshairs Tuesday night's introduction to NBC's "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" featured a composite graphic that briefly showed President Bush framed by what looked like the crosshairs of a riflescope, while the anchorman talked about "taking aim" at a Bush proposal. The Bush-crosshairs image was used to set up a report on the president's strategic missile defense plan. In the brief clip, an image of the earth spinning in space morphs into what looks like a riflescope's crosshairs, which linger onscreen as an image of President Bush materializes. The crosshairs remain visible over the president, centered on his right shoulder, for approximately a half second. Both images fade to video of a missile blazing into the sky. In a voiceover during the outrageous segment, NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw says: "Taking aim at the president's controversial new Star Wars idea - is it really the best defense?" The dangerously provocative imagery has created a firestorm of protest on the Web site FreeRepublic.com, which first reported the incident Tuesday night. The NBC video is currently available as an mpeg video file at the Web site: orbix.cc on the word "Crosshairs"). The Bush-crosshairs image is far more apparent during a casual viewing than was the notorious "RATS" message that flashed during a GOP campaign commercial last year. With some prompting from the Gore campaign, the New York Times reported that the "RATS" commercial was likely a diabolical plot by Republicans to criticize the opposition using illegal subliminal imagery. Last year, just after Bush was nominated by the GOP as its presidential candidate, CBS's "The Late Show" featured video of Bush captioned by the message "Snipers Wanted." The Secret Service launched an investigation and "The Late Show's" production staff promised disciplinary action, but apparently no punishment was ever meted out.

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