Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Britons can't make fun of Bush on TV
The authority that regulates British television advertising has banned an animated commercial that pokes fun at George Bush, and says it will only reinstate it if the Shrub gives permission.
The producer of "2DTV," Giles Pilbrow, said requiring satirists to seek permission from their targets was "an idiotic request" that would mean asking Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein if it was all right to caricature them.Link Discuss (Thanks, Scott!)"I doubt we could get Bin Laden's permission – he's a bit tricky to track down at the moment," he said.
The offending ad shows Bush opening a copy of the video and saying, "My favorite – just pop it in the video player."
He then sticks it into a toaster and burns it.
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