NBC News Asks Romney Campaign to Remove Ad

Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012, 3:00 pm by Paddy
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Honestly, instead of AP and whoever worrying about bloggers “stealing” content, they really should give a good look into Republican candidates. Newt, Mitt, and so many before them.

TAMPA, Fla. – NBC News is asking that the Romney campaign remove from its ads any references to material from the network in response to a new commercial that consists almost entirely of old footage of its former news anchor, Tom Brokaw, reporting on Newt Gingrich’s legal troubles.

The ad, which uses a 1997 clip from the day Mr. Gingrich was found guilty by the House of ethics violations, prompted a terse statement from Mr. Brokaw on Saturday in which he expressed concern that his work was being used for political purposes he never intended.

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NBC’s lawyers have requested that the Romney campaign not only pull down the commercial but eliminate any references to the network’s journalism in other ads.

“The NBC Legal Department has written a letter to the campaign asking for the removal of all NBC News material from their campaign ads,” said Lauren Kapp, the network’s senior vice president for marketing and communications. “Similar requests have gone out to other campaigns that have inappropriately used Nightly News, Meet the Press, Today and MSNBC material.”

The irony that I am using “Fair Use’ to post this does not escape me.

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  • http://www.blondetwit.com/ Blondetwit

    It’s happened here locally as well.

    I’m not sure how I feel about this. If a story is reported, then I feel like it’s become public domain. Not unlike a newspaper article. I’m a bit ambivalent over an anchor claiming rights…the material is elsewhere in the public domain, so Brokaw’s claim ends up ounding like he’s admitting to his being “talent” rather than “substance”. I feel like you can’t have it both ways.

  • Pattibbs

    This is interesting; not sure I’ve ever heard of this sort of thing happening before. Have you?