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The WaPo/ Tom Hanks Super Bowl ad (Original Post) riverwalker Feb 2019 OP
Whoever tweeted that is going "doh"! zaj Feb 2019 #1
Wow just wow Lotusflower70 Feb 2019 #2
Powerful and well done peggysue2 Feb 2019 #3
"When our nation is threatened" Adsos Letter Feb 2019 #4
I noticed that too riverwalker Feb 2019 #5
That was the Alfred P. Murrah federal building. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #16
I have been to the Oklahoma CIty Memorial site..... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2019 #26
I was expecting to see something about 9-11 at that point. I was relieved that they chose mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #39
Well done! MaryMagdaline Feb 2019 #6
Can't wait Windy City Charlie Feb 2019 #7
FOX should respond soon. Moscow is 8 hours ahead of us, so the Kremlin will tell them what to say. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #18
Jr's already posted his Twitter tantrum Fritz Walter Feb 2019 #43
Thanks for posting this! Talitha Feb 2019 #8
A Timely and Well Done Ad dlk Feb 2019 #9
WOW. Just wow! nt. Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #10
Not to be a party pooper but.. hibbing Feb 2019 #11
Why aren't you saying the same thing about Kia and Budweiser employees? Auggie Feb 2019 #28
Because their adverts don't advocate hibbing Feb 2019 #29
The ad was defending journalism to the widest possible audience, ehrnst Feb 2019 #30
Well spent money defending the journalists who are still working randr Feb 2019 #31
From WAPO concerning the cost of the ad: ehrnst Feb 2019 #32
Wow. cilla4progress Feb 2019 #12
Excellent! Thanks for the post. I only casually glanced at Superbowl today- didn't watch. iluvtennis Feb 2019 #13
K&R smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #14
Best part of the Superbowl was this ad. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #15
Please Run! Smackdown2019 Feb 2019 #17
Wow! Powerful. Duppers Feb 2019 #19
Wow. Powerful. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #20
A great reminder of our need for a free press AND a slam against the pResident's LuckyLib Feb 2019 #21
Good but needed a more direct reference to Trump Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #22
bezos owns WaPo and Amazon I hate him for Amazon. But, WaPo is great mucifer Feb 2019 #23
WaPo digital subscriptions riverwalker Feb 2019 #27
That was "Super". oasis Feb 2019 #24
They've been attacked by the left recently for fact checking certain politicians. ehrnst Feb 2019 #25
K&R... spanone Feb 2019 #33
No wonder republican wanker Dirty Donny Junior* had a meltdown Achilleaze Feb 2019 #34
k and r niyad Feb 2019 #35
Kick oasis Feb 2019 #36
WOW! bluestarone Feb 2019 #37
Full-screen: mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #38
Best ad of the day, imho. nt B Stieg Feb 2019 #40
We fast forwarded through commercials. THANKS for posting this! nt LAS14 Feb 2019 #41
Sorry I missed it. NNadir Feb 2019 #42
is this the ad that don jr is complaining about ? JI7 Feb 2019 #44
K&R Scurrilous Feb 2019 #45
Knowing empowers us Gothmog Feb 2019 #46
 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
1. Whoever tweeted that is going "doh"!
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:05 PM
Feb 2019

Good message, almost perfect. They just forgot to put a space right before the hashtag.

It's the small things.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
4. "When our nation is threatened"
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:16 PM
Feb 2019

I believe they used an image of the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing for that segment. Very appropriate, and not what I would have expected.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
26. I have been to the Oklahoma CIty Memorial site.....
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:11 AM
Feb 2019

Back in 2009, while my husband stayed in the car, I toured the site where the Murrah Building once stood. The 169 chairs there were a reminder of the people who lost their lives to Domestic Terrorism. The reflection pool between to towering structures was indeed poignant. The Museum itself, the photos, artifacts from the debris field tell stories that grip the gut.

One leaves humbled and shaken to the core.

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
7. Can't wait
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:40 PM
Feb 2019

to see what Trump and Fox's reaction is to it. I'm sure they're working on their talking points about it as we speak!

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
11. Not to be a party pooper but..
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:23 AM
Feb 2019

I saw something about the cost of the advert would have paid for a significant number of additional journalists at the Washington Post.

Peace

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
29. Because their adverts don't advocate
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:32 AM
Feb 2019

Anything about how vital beer is to democracy? But whatever, was just my two cents.

Peace

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
30. The ad was defending journalism to the widest possible audience,
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:19 AM
Feb 2019

at a time when responsible journalism is being attacked.

I think that the revenue from increased subscriptions is going to offset the cost a bit.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
32. From WAPO concerning the cost of the ad:
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:13 AM
Feb 2019
"We feel that this is the right moment, at the right venue, to present this important message to the large audience of Americans and international viewers that watch the Super Bowl," Ryan wrote in a blog post. "While most Super Bowl ad producers have the better part of a year to prepare their spots, we had the lesser part of a week. I’d like to thank everyone across The Washington Post who dove heart-first into this project and enabled us to produce a powerful message that pays tribute to those who provide the knowledge that is essential to our freedom. It’s a message that everyone who values press freedom can be proud of."


https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2019/02/01/washington-post-run-message-during-super-bowl-liii/?utm_term=.d9afc45edc31

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
17. Please Run!
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:58 AM
Feb 2019

America's Forrest needs to run! He needs to run beyond that endzone and right into the oval office!

Anyone that has compassion is better than 45. Hanks has the compassion, leadership, the unity to bring this nation back to greatness before 45 took his broken oath of office!

America's Forrest was a handicap who overcome condition, he became solider, a leader of a shrimp boat and most importantly; a heck of an actor who is now poised to be what this country needs NOW. A SPEAKER of democracy!

Forrest run for 2020!

Hanks for 2020!

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
21. A great reminder of our need for a free press AND a slam against the pResident's
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 03:43 AM
Feb 2019

constant denigration of journalism as an enemy of the people.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
22. Good but needed a more direct reference to Trump
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:31 AM
Feb 2019

I'm disappointed at the rather timid approach. The entirety obviously was caused by Trump and Republicans of this era, but without a clever related phrase or recognizable image of a Trump atrocity, Republicans won't be outraged enough and this won't have appropriate long lasting impact or fame.

We needed something that would prompt at least 5 outraged tweets from him.

mucifer

(23,549 posts)
23. bezos owns WaPo and Amazon I hate him for Amazon. But, WaPo is great
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:26 AM
Feb 2019

I doubt WaPo could afford a super bowl ad without bezos.

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
27. WaPo digital subscriptions
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:24 AM
Feb 2019

Through Amazon Prime is free for 6 months and then like $3 a month after that. I had to get one, they are breaking stories every day.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
34. No wonder republican wanker Dirty Donny Junior* had a meltdown
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:17 PM
Feb 2019

The ad is all about accurate information and facts, which are anathema to the KGOP republican crime syndicate.

NNadir

(33,525 posts)
42. Sorry I missed it.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:08 PM
Feb 2019

We usually watch the Super Bowl hoping to be amused by the commercials, at least those that aren't too obscene.

We pretend to be interested in the game, always routing for whoever is playing against the Trumpian misnamed "Patriots."

(We actually disapprove of Football.)

The commercials sucked as badly as the game itself, and as newly minted "Empty Nesters" we decided to go to bed and catch up on being in love with each other.

Apparently we missed the only thing worth seeing in this traditional cultural exercise in consumerism and violence.

Too bad.

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