Is this real ?

[Sprafa]

I was attracted today by an amusing item in my RSS feed of Wikinews.

Apparently, a Church with approximately 1.3 million members says, in the name of the possibly one the largest ecumenical coalitions of the United States of the America believes they're not being given enough time in the media. Namely, they think the media prefers to use more radical views from members with far lesser members (i'd also like to link to the Moral Majority, which are comparable in size, but read the article carefully, opinion polls show, they're not such a big majority. .

Furthermore i went into this website they run, apparently seldomly visited, judging by the number of comments to each post they have, and, surprise they have an ad that networks refuse to run (?) because, well let's have it from the mouth's of NBC's own:

As the UCC admits, it never requested the Station to air the advertisement at issue, called "Night Club." Instead, in February 2004, the UCC, through its advertising agency, approached the Network with the ad, which portrayed other churches and religions as discriminatory in their refusal to accept people who are African- American, Hispanic, disabled, or gay. The Network concluded that the "Night Club" ad inappropriately suggested that churches other than the UCC are not open to people of diverse races and backgrounds and therefore violated the Network's policy against addressing issues of public controversy through paid commercial advertisements.

Watch the ad. Make your own conclusions.

 

[Ennui]

edited to fix your link.

 

[Ome_Vince]

lol, that ad was so hilarious!!
And yeah, i doubt they would air that add in the states

 

[Icarusintel]

lol, church people can be so funny sometimes

 

[Gray Fox]

They seem nice.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

LOL Ejection seats! SWEET.

 

[CptStern]

meh they have a point

 

[Adabiviak]

Church is funny all the time.

 

[Parlez]

ROLF! I was sitting here reading the artical and then I hear those people start to talk and it scared the crap out of me! But yes this is a funny add saw it on TV this morning.

 

[Edgar]

I actually seen this on TV, I thought it was a joke, especailly with the slick haired guy being ejected from the church.

 

[Pesmerga]

I see the ad all the time on the History Channel.

 

[gick]

I wouldn't mind so much if it was that sort of christian in the whitehouse.

 

[Ome_Vince]

hehe, /me wonders if Pope Palpetine saw that clip

 

[Sprafa]

i guess i could have posted on Gen. Off-topic for such responses as this... they have the point that the media overplay the largely radical sections of the church, while underplaying the mainstream. and if the mainstream is like that, i like it for once.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Of course the media overplays the radical, hell, this forum overplays the radical

 

[gick]

The radical gets more viewers unfortunately.

 

[CptStern]

The radical gets more viewers unfortunately.

and more people responding ...I mean middle of the roads posts dont get all that many responses because most people agree with it so 20 posts saying "here here" or "QFT" is kinda useless ...however when someone says something stupid they become a magnet for abuse because of what they've said

example:

member 1: The UN should work with Iran to ensure that their intentions are honest. Let's look for a diplomatic solution

member 2: **** the UN lets nuke those desert dwellers before they attack us like saddam did!


who are people going to respond too? member one might get a lot of silent nods but member 2 is going to get the most reaction

 

[Ome_Vince]

hence there are many people like member 2 just looking for attention

 

[CptStern]

I forgot to mention member 3:

member 3: "**** you stern, I havent looked at the evidence but I know you're wrong, I just KNOW it"

 

[Steve]

lol, that ad was so hilarious!!
And yeah, i doubt they would air that add in the states

They already have. I've seen it several times.

I like it. Funny, but true.

 

[JNightshade]

Haha, I liked that