AE911Truth & NYCCAN NY TV Ad Campaign

The donate links are leading to AE911truth for which they're claiming "AE911Truth is an IRS approved 501(c)3 tax exempt non–profit corporation."

http://www2.ae911truth.org/b7advert/taxdeductible.php

Yep.


World 9/11 Truth have a donation page on their site:
http://world911truth.org/most-important-911-truth-campaign-ever/
This seems odd because it looks like they're the only fundraisers, omitting A&E's page.

I contacted World 9/11 Truth and asked them if donations to their site were tax deductible, and they said no, they're not. I don't see them advertising as such either, but anyone who heard about the fundraising drive being tax deductible and then donated at their site would be duped, or might lodge an illegal tax deduction claim. Although, caveat emptor. :con2:

Update on the campaign coming up in a minute...
 
From NYCCAN'T:

-To date $52,168 has been raised. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generous support and commitment.

-Given our deadline of Sunday, September 12, we are adjusting our original goal of raising $500,000 to $100,000, still enough to have a huge impact.

I got it wrong before - they were trying to raise $500,000! I severely underestimated their scale of FAIL! Nice to see them being true to form and moving the goalposts down 80%. :)

-By hiring a professional time buyer to place the ad, we will get a rate of 10,000 views per every $400 spent, with the possibility of even lower costs per view depending upon negotiations.

-Conservatively, this would translate to 2.5 million views throughout the New York DMA (Designated Market Area) over the period of one week.

-These 2.5 million views will be spread over a target audience of roughly 300,000 New York DMA unique viewers who are “more likely to act.” These viewers will see the ad an average of 8 to 10 times each. Thus, 300,000 of New York’s most politically active TV viewers will see the ad enough times to make an impact on their thinking and behavior.

-The market research we are using defines audiences “more likely to act” as being comprised of individuals who have:

Written or called any politician at any level

Attended a political rally, speech or organized a protest

Held or ran for political office

Served on a committee for some local organization

Worked for a political party

Been an active member of a group to influence public policy

-High-reach networks/programs on which the ad will likely appear are: MSNBC (The Ed Show, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow), CNN (CNN Newsroom, Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Larry King), and Comedy Central (The Daily Show, The Colbert Report). Niche networks on which the ad will likely appear are Logo TV, DIY Network, IFC, HGTV, The Biography Channel, BBC America, The Science Channel, Sundance, VH1 Classic, The Learning Channel, Bravo TV, CNBC, History International, and Investigation Discovery.
 
I wonder if they actually cleared the two clips of WTC7 falling with the copyright owners?

It seems profesionally made, so they probably did, but this being the Twoof movement, I wouldn't be surprised if they had forgot to do so :rolleyes:
 
August 11, 2010: "We are seeking to raise $500,000 between August 11 and September 11, 2010 to cover the costs of this effort."

September 10, 2010: "As of Friday, September 10 we have raised $70,000.
Let's make it to $100,000 by the end of the weekend!"


So, not only have they lowered the bar, they're moved the goalpost further infield.
 
Email excerpt from 2 days ago:
The “BuildingWhat?” fundraising drive has been extended to Wednesday, September 22.

We first want to thank all of those who have donated to getting the “BuildingWhat?” TV ad on the air in New York City. Your contribution has helped us reach over $75,000 in just a few weeks. This is an incredible success for all of us and our collective effort will have an enormous impact.

But, we are not there yet. For the “BuildingWhat?” ad campaign to achieve the fullest success possible, we need to reach our goal of $100,000.

We invite you to be a part of this success by donating $10 or more. Please watch the ad and donate right now. If everyone across the world who lays eyes on this letter chips in $10, we would easily surpass our goal by the end of the week.

Help expose the collapse of Building 7 to millions of New Yorkers with this historic ad campaign.

We also invite you to take “The Pledge” to spread the word to at least ten friends. It's easy and quick and will help “BuildingWhat?” reach thousands more people.

The goalpost moves even further infield.

I'm surprised they didn't make that a real chain letter and say, "if you don't send this email to 10 people, you're not a patriot". :oldroll:

Another thread on this topic has been started here:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185941
 
NYCCAN makes NYC cable news on 9/11 - sort of

NY1 is NYC's local news channel. As part of 9/11 coverage they played a minute of the reading of the names. Somehow, Manny Badillo was shown reading his uncle's name, Tom Sgroi.

Badillo is a leader in NYCCAN. He gave a shout-out to the NYCCAN petition drive but somehow the number of signatures claimed has grown to 80,000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mdoYOqaIc
 
NY1 is NYC's local news channel. As part of 9/11 coverage they played a minute of the reading of the names. Somehow, Manny Badillo was shown reading his uncle's name, Tom Sgroi.

Badillo is a leader in NYCCAN. He gave a shout-out to the NYCCAN petition drive but somehow the number of signatures claimed has grown to 80,000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mdoYOqaIc

Thanks for that, BigAl. I posted a link to that video in the other thread I linked to, but omitted to mention it in this one.

I notice Badillo stuck to the JAQing "we need a new investigation" rather than full-on "inside job / CD" snake oil. Is he just a poor, deluded family member, or is a rabid denier?
 
They did get 80,000 signatures; it was just that after they weeded out the Hugh Jasses and Jack Mehoffs that the number shrank to 32,000, or whatever it was.

It wouldn't have mattered if they got 10 million, though; the petition was so badly flawed legally that there was no way the City's lawyers would ever have let it on the ballot. People in the movement knew it too, but they charged ahead anyway.
 
I'm surprised they didn't make that a real chain letter and say, "if you don't send this email to 10 people, you're not a patriot". :oldroll:
Don't give them ideas, that's better than anything they've come up with on their own.:D
 
Don't give them ideas, that's better than anything they've come up with on their own.:D

:newlol Thanks! :D

I find it extremely funny that just after NYCCAN'T etc announce their ad will be aired during the Daily Show, Jon Stewart announces his "Rally to Restore Sanity".

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185872

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NYCCAN, AE911T & "BUILDING WHAT" ALL PWNED!
 
Finally, an update has just arrived. They've only raised $88,000, and have barely raised any for weeks.

For the last two weeks we have been negotiating to get the biggest bang for our buck. Because of election season, advertising rates are about three times the normal rate, and so we decided to push back the release until immediately after the election when rates are rock bottom.

As the deal stands now, the ad will be viewed almost 5 million times, and 500,000 New Yorkers will see it an average of 8 times each. It will run on the most popular cable shows and channels including the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, MSNBC and CNN, as well as a dozen smaller channels.

The contract will be finalized by the end of the week, at which time we will announce the exact dates the ad will be aired.

I'm not holding my breath.
 
I posted on the Rally to Restore Sanity Facebook wall about the ad's planned airing.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1455833996983&set=o.118856078167623&po=1

It's getting quite a few positive replies. Some are saying boycott the show! But I'm hoping I can contact Comedy Central and stop them from selling the airtime.

My guess is that they won't be buying ads from the network, rather from the local cable provider. National network and cable shows have so many "local" spot units per half-hour that are sold by local sales. This is why you can see an ad for a local car dealer or pizza place in Monday Night Football, for instance. It's a very affordable way to get network presence on a local basis. This is also the only way they could achieve $400 for an ad insertion, if this is true as they say.

I remain skeptical that they will ever run an ad, but I'm curious to see if they prove me wrong.
 
Maybe you should try and get contact infor for Jon Stewart and show him the ad. He would love it. A chance to blast Truthers AND bite the hand that feeds him for selling the time. It's a two-fer for him.

I've been trying to find contact details for him, but haven't had any luck. If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.

In the meantime...

I started a thread about NYCCAN wanting to air their ad during The Daily Show at the Daily Show Forum:

http://forums.thedailyshow.com/?page=ThreadView&thread_id=32166

Surprise, surprise, some truthers are trying to sell their snake oil in it.
 

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