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Watch Fox's New, Very (Very) Dark Ad
Watch Fox's New, Very (Very) Dark Ad
Forget the audacity of hope. How about the audacity of fear? Fox doesn't want to let it go. That's what I get out of a new ad Fox is running to promote itself. I saw it for the first time yesterday. When it ran again today (November 25, 2008), I figured they were serious and I had to post it. ...
 New, Dark Fox News Ad (video)
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youtube.com — Forget the audacity of hope. Call it the audacity of anger, rage and fear. Fox News wants... to drag us back into the darkness. Notice all the explosions, pe... (more) New, Dark Fox News Ad (video)
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Fox News Ad Shows Dark, Dangerous World With Techno Soundtrack (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... taking that mindset a bit too far with their new, and extremely dark, ad. The cable channel promotes itself as the only organization that "gets you the facts, fair and balanced." That's fine, but what makes one blink in surprise is that Fox seems to be searching for these facts in a dangerous, world-wide rave. The promo has enough flashing images and quick cuts to warrant a seizure disclaimer, and the techno music thumping throughout is intense. It's also worth nothing, as News Hounds does, that the only nationally-known faces among the scenes of terror, anger and ...

Fox News Ad Shows Dark, Dangerous World With Techno Soundtrack (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... taking that mindset a bit too far with their new, and extremely dark, ad. The cable channel promotes itself as the only organization that "gets you the facts, fair and balanced." That's fine, but what makes one blink in surprise is that Fox seems to be searching for these facts in a dangerous, world-wide rave. The promo has enough flashing images and quick cuts to warrant a seizure disclaimer, and the techno music thumping throughout is intense. It's also worth nothing, as News Hounds does, that the only nationally-known faces among the scenes of terror, anger and ...

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