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Monday, September 6, 2010

West Virgina GOP ad

Let me ask you a hypothetical question. Lets say that a family member or friend, someone you knew and loved had died. Now, lets also say that  their funeral is used for an ad.. An ad attacking another person or their product. Pretty tacky, right? For the family of the late Robert Byrd, this is not just a hypothetical. This is real, and they immidately fought it. The candidate for the GOP, John Raese, used an ad to attack Joe Manchin as an Obama tool. He used footage of them at the Capitol funeral for Robert Byrd. A spokesman said that they had no idea it was from the funeral, that it was a stock photo. A stock photo is a picture that can be liscensed for use, but not by any one group. Instead, it may be used by any one who can think of a use.  The Byrd family has called for the ad to be pulled, and who could blame them? I don't know, wouldn't it be standard practice to include captions, even if they are for review, or espiecially if they are for viewing? I would suggest a comprimise: namely, keep the ad, but find a different photo to put in its place.

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