Newspaper Runs Ad Suggesting President Obama And Democrats Want To MURDER Christians

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http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/06/01/493980/gannett-owned-newspaper-runs-ad-suggesting-president-obama-and-democrats-want-to-murder-christians/


ThinkProgess:


" The Daily Advertiser, a Gannett-owned paper serving central Louisiana, is standing by its decision to run an advertisement today in which a far-right extremist group suggests that President Obama and Democrats are conspiring to murder Catholics and Christians.


The ad shows a photograph of a Catholic priest who was shot and killed in Mexico in the 1920s, and suggests that President Obama and Democrats would do the same. It was posted by a user on Reddit this morning.



The ad copy is no better:


“AMERICA is under siege by the same evil (obama and democrats) as history shows over and over…We must learn from it or we are doomed to repeat it. We must be triumphant over terror.”


As with most newspapers, The Daily Advertiser says it does screen advertisements to ensure that blatantly false, overly offensive or otherwise inappropriate content is kept out of the paper. But the paper’s president and publisher Karen J. Lincoln told ThinkProgress that the newspaper stood by its decision to run the ad. “We look at all of the ads, and the decision is made by each market,” she said. “This ad did meet our standards. The decision to run it was approved.” Lincoln also says that another ad from the same organization will run in tomorrow’s paper.



See the ad below.

[arcane1]

1. I bet those two movies are real pieces of work n/t

[MisterP]

2. whatever it takes to get people reading Graham Greene is fine by me...

[progressivebydesign]

3. WTF? Gannett Newspapers okayed this?

I remember a gentler time in the early 90s, when I handled the PSAs for an NBC Affiliate. We weren't even allowed to run the nicely produced Mormon PSAs... because it violated our rules of neutrality.

[freshwest]

4. '-to ensure that blatantly false, overly offensive or otherwise inappropriate content is kept out-'

They really need to edit that claim for their lofty journalistic integrity...

Is there a Democratic Party official that can complain in that area, or are they running for their lives?

What a sad commentary on the state of the 'freedom of the press' in the USA. Reminds me of this little jewel:

Newspaper Editor: Israel Should Consider Assassinating Obama

http://news.yahoo.com/earth-prompt-newspaper-editor-call-obamas-assassination-194702814.html

At least he was let go. But our friends in LA. went farther, tarring all Democrats with the same brush. Will there be some cross burnings over this story?

[KurtNYC]

5. If they want to talk about what happened in Mexico 100 years ago they should ask Romney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_colonies_in_Mexico

Btw, catholics ARE christians but there is so much insanity in that ad why keep score.

Perhaps the guys running that paper are thinking "Hmmm, if I had a dollar for every crazy thought these guys come up with..." Cha-ching!

[southernyankeebelle]

6. Crazy people. Why do people also say catholics and christian? As if catholics aren't christians.

Their bigotry is showing.

[jmowreader]

23. Serious fundies don't believe Catholics are Christians

[southernyankeebelle]

25. I know that. You would think the pope, cardinals and bishops would realize that. When

the catholic church started hanging with those nutjobs evangelicals is when we started having problems. Those nutjobs even have problems with mainline protestant churches.

[coalition_unwilling]

7. Gannett are such whores - n/t

[kestrel91316]

8. Projection. We all know it's the RW fundies who want to see Obama and all

liberals and gays and feminists dead.

[Frustratedlady]

9. They are fishing for someone to do their dirty work for them.

There are so many different factions inciting violence, it's hard to keep track. I don't know how security keeps up. Imagine what it will be like after the conventions. I shudder to think...

[bluestateguy]

10. And in the process they manage to insult Catholics too

"Catholics and Christians".

No, Catholics ARE Christians.

[madrchsod]

11. not in the minds of some people

to some it`s.. anyone who is`t white,jews,and catholics.

[SpartanDem]

17. Not to fundy Protestants historically

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[bluestateguy]

21. I know

Yet a growing number of evangelicals are coming around to considering Catholics as Christians.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. "Catholics and Christians"

I'm guessing the ad was written by a Protestant.

[FairyDust]

13. Ad was run by the Rmoney Camp

They have to pick up the Christian vote and Christians were taught Mormons were a cult. Remember, there is no war on women. Only a war on religion.

[a la izquierda]

14. I knew this goddamn movie...

Had an agenda.
To understand what I'm talking about, see The Greater Glory with Andy Garcia (ick).
Then I can tell you, or you can read about the Cristero rebellion.
Ugh.

[Vinca]

15. How do we know the priest wasn't killed by Romney relatives?

I know . . . it's stupid . . . but no more stupid than this ad.

[rucky]

16. oh noes - they're onto us!

[DearAbby]

18. This is fear based Propaganda, A CRIME

[Initech]

19. Obama's secret service doesn't get paid enough, IMO.

[AJTheMan]

20. There are 541 members in congress; of which 486 are Christian.

Plus Obama, who is a professed Christian as well. Are they just paranoid or delusional?

[SpartanDem]

22. More bs victimhood narrative

what it comes down to as society has become less supportive of letting these people impose their will on the rest of us, the religous right needs to create these wild victimhood narratives in order to justify their lashing out.

[jmowreader]

24. It's a good thing I don't work for The Daily Advertiser

I would have had to take the night off when that atrocity went to press.