Friday, 29 June 2007
Mary Lu Carnevale's post-mortem on the immigration bill at the Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" weblog included– and later modified– this rather paranoid (and silly) comment:
Hot Air Network’s Web ad, viewable at left, urged “conservatives fed up with Republican scheming on this bill, [to] do something about it...†Just who sponsors Hot Air’s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclear. [Note: Original text, later changed. Bolding and preservation by Ace.]Needless to say, this raising the possibility of some dark conspiracy behind Hot Air's "expensive" production met with much amusement [see the "Important Update"] and derision, including some (worthy of a Tim Blair thread) in the WSJ post's own comment thread.
Well, at least I found them amusing. So knowing that WSJ links tend to disappear, I've preserved the relevant comments below the jump.
Here we go:
Comment by - June 28, 2007 at 4:58 pm
“Just who sponsors Hot Air’s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclear.â€
Wow. Had to check the url there for a sec… thought I was at The Onion’s site!
Please do a bit of research before you write next time.
LOL! Who sponsors Hot Air? It’s a mystery cloaked in darkness! Get someone on it immediately, I smell a Pulitzer!
I think the main question here is, will we ever really know who’s sponsoring the comments left by See-Dubya, Citizen Duck, and WisCon?
I think the main question here is, will we ever really know just who is sponsoring the comments left by See-Dubya, and other similar comments by Citizen Duck and WisCon?
“I think the main question here is, will we ever really know who’s sponsoring the comments left by See-Dubya, Citizen Duck, and WisCon?â€
Or Adrian. Who’s behind the mysterious comments left by Adrian????
The WSJ asks, “Just who sponsors Hot Air’s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclear.â€
To quote Animal House, “Gee you’re dumb.â€
I suppose whoever splurged for the camcorder “funded†these ads.
Hmmm…the mystery deepens:
Wall Street Journal Morons Wonder Who's Behind Hot Air's Attack Ads
“Just who sponsors Hot Air’s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclear.â€
You can’t be serious. Who’s behind Hot Air? Michelle Malkin, the nationally known syndicated journalist, that’s who. How hard is it to click on the About tab at the site and read that information?
Rather than sounding like a paranoid, why didn’t you just e-mail Michelle and ask.
Oh, and by the way, it costs virtually nothing to produce those videos.
Next time research your subject before writing about it - something the WSJ should have done before supporting the amnesty bill.
Well, whoever “sponsored†the ads, that budget of about $1.49 must have been hard to come by…
[cue scary music] “Just who sponsors Hot Air’s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclear.â€
Jeez. You’re a reporter, right? Did you ASK HotAir if anyone “sponsors†their ads before you let fly with your insinuations?
Here’s how it works on the intertubes: Anyone with an opinion, Windows Movie Maker on their computer, and a webiste can “stir up hostility†to a bill they don’t like, no sponsorship required. The days when only journalism school graduates could make their views effectively known are over. Sorry.
“Just who sponsors Hot Air’s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclearâ€
LOL that ‘ad’ cost less to make then the beer they cracked open after they finished it. Long Live the New Media
I’m not a highly educated journalist, but, my guess is that, if you go to Hot Air and look at the top/right side of the webpage (where their banner ads are), you’d have a hint as to who is bankrolling these ‘million dollar’ ads.
Seriously though. Sponsors to pay for web hosting aside, the strength of those ads is their message, not their high-priced glossiness. I could bankroll a couple of those ads with what I make in an hour and still have money left over for my usual Asian salad at McDonalds for lunch.
I think this suspense calls for a dramatic chipmunk:
http://junkyardblog.net/archives/2007/06/vrwc-memo-senat.php
Mary Lu,
Not
to take anything away from Hot Air and Michelle Malkin, but damn, my
kids can make YouTube videos like this with zero budget and my DVD
recorder. What color is the sky on your planet when you are suggesting
that someone is bankrolling these videos?
You guys are dinosaurs and the comet is coming.
Some clever person should start selling YouTube ads to the WSJ at $10,000 a pop.
“An earlier version of this post said it wasn’t clear who produced the Hot Air ads.â€
I know someone at Hot Air who would probably spill the beans for an iPhone. [Hot Air's "Allahpundit" has been whining for an iPhone in a running gag that's been going on for the last few weeks. -o.g.]
“Oh, noz! my bill wuz pwnz0red by teh internets!â€
Fact-checking and research - two more jobs real Americans won’t do.
Mary Lu,
These videos have such high production values, I’m sure there must be a conspiracy.
There’s no way normal,everyday Americans could think of doing this on their own.
(shhhh, perhaps they hired a few illegal immigrants to do the work no American can do…)
Oh, noz! my bill wuz pwnz0red by teh internets!â€
Comment by David Ross - June 28, 2007 at 6:49 pm
ROFLMAO For that post you just won the Internet
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HotAir.com is a conservative political commentary website with an emphasis on video blogging. It was started by Michelle Malkin. No one “sponsors†the ads; their crack young staff does this kind of thing for fun.
Full disclosure: I’m one of their occasional guest-bloggers.