Rats Off to Obama
CNN in the market for a new Subliminal Messaging Strategist
 


During an interview about Hurricane Gustov with Barack Obama, CNN cut away to a picture of a rat on one of the levees. No big deal, that sort of B-roll whoopsie happens all the time when you're in the field of breaking news.

Except……didn't this also happen in 2000 when Bush ran against Gore? That scenario involved the word "rat," which stayed on the screen longer than the rest of the title (democ-rat), while showing pictures of Al.

You have to think that both times were a fluke, because as far as subliminal messages go, these aren't quite as subtle as the "hang" signs in McCain's ad against Obama.

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No. 1 · hb

I believe it was the "Bureaucrats decide" advertisement of 2000. It did not say "democrat", but "bureaucrat" and used a picture of Al Gore.
Not that is is OK…but different.

Posted: Sep 4, 2008 at 5:57 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
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