Folk's, CNN is not behind the commercial. They simply sell air time to those who can afford it. In the case of
the commercial in question, the sponsor is listed as Patients United Now.
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Patients United Now (or PUN for short!), is a front group for Americans for Prosperity, a group behind the lobbyist-funded tea parties last month. Even though on PUN’s website they claim that they are “people just like you,” they are actually just corporate-funded lobbyists: Source"
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After orchestrating and funding the so-called Tea Parties movement, Americans for Prosperity — a nationwide front group founded and funded by the right-wing polluter Koch Industries — is launching an ad campaign characterizing President Obama’s effort to reform the health care system as a government take-over that will ration care and care and deny treatments.
Americans for Prosperity is notorious for its fake grassroots efforts, funneling millions of dollars into conservative campaigns designed to undermine Democratic initiatives.
Now, operating under the name Patients United Now, Americans for Prosperity — which is mostly funded by large multinational corporations — is masquerading as an organic grassroots movement outraged over the Presidents health care proposals:
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Source So, to all our Canadian friends, please remember that this ad is about MONEY! It does not represent the views of CNN, nor does it represent the views of a consensus of the American people. Many of us find this practice as deplorable as you do. More importantly, most of us just don't buy it.
Rebuttal We all have every right to be angry about this practice and this ad. But, let's direct our anger at the real culprits -
PATIENTS UNITED NOW, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, KOCH INDUSTRIES, and CORPORATE-FUNDED LOBBYISTS MASQUERADING AS "JUST PLAIN FOLKS" .
Please don't let them off the hook because you don't like CNN.
