Even though the airwaves are public, even though the contest was voted on by the public, CBS is still refusing to air the winning commercial in MoveOn.org‘s “Bush in 30 Seconds” contest. The commercial, scheduled to bookend the Super Bowl halftime show, will instead air on CNN — since God forbid CBS disappont legions of rabid football fans by interrupting the screen time of Beyoncé or Nelly.MoveOn.org is trying to organize a one-minute boycott of the Super Bowl, encouraging interested parties to switch over to CNN at 8:10 PM and 8:35 PM EST. To help them in this regard, I’m offering a (low-bandwidth) copy of the winning commercial here, just in case you might be online during the game.
You might also be interested to see the commercials which won in other contest categories. Or perhaps all the finalists in the contest. There’s some good stuff there. Have fun during the game. And watch out with those pretzels.
