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Cleita

(75,480 posts) Mon Oct 27, 2014, 11:38 PM Oct 2014

Uhm. I just saw something I never thought I would see. [View all]

Yes, I have seen the BP commercials on the Ed Show and The Rachel Maddow Show. But it's MSNBC so somewhat expected of a corporate whore.

But...tonight...Koch industries ran a commercial on The Daily Show saying what great guys they are...!!!!

IS NOTHING SACRED???

Or...what are they afraid of?

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Uhm. I just saw something I never thought I would see. [View all] Cleita Oct 2014 OP

Can't talk ill of them, else they'll pull their ad dollars NightWatcher Oct 2014 #1

Don't think they'll got Jon Stewart to hush. Cleita Oct 2014 #3

They've gotten a little bad press lately... nt elias49 Oct 2014 #2

It seems that business is dropping all over Warpy Oct 2014 #4

Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, which is owned by CBS. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #5

Interesting. Having to finally pander to pleblicite. Cleita Oct 2014 #6

I did a double-take. bvf Oct 2014 #7

btw, I forgot to add, Wendy Davis is Jon's guest if you haven't seen TDS yet and Cleita Oct 2014 #8

Alot of commercial spots on cable are sold by the cable company wercal Oct 2014 #9

Pretty stupid, actually... ReRe Oct 2014 #10

'family started + owned', like the queen of england. pansypoo53219 Oct 2014 #11

Let them run the ads. It's a total waste of their Ilsa Oct 2014 #12