National TV Ad Campaign to Heat Up
U.S. Torture Investigations
Provocative TV Ads Urge
Attorney General Eric Holder to Do His Job -
Uphold Laws, Our Constitution, and Appoint Special Prosecutor
to Investigate Officials Who Condoned Torture
NEW YORK, NY August 5, 2009 - A national television ad campaign - to
push for Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor -
rolls out this week with 30-second commercials, to be aired during The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Countdown with Keith
Olbermann, and The Rachel Maddow Show.
Launched in San Francisco, the TV ads will then be aired in other major
media markets, such as New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas,
Chicago, and Los Angeles, among others. The San Francisco-Oakland-San
Jose airing schedule is below.
“Mr. Holder swore to support and defend our Constitution. It’s time for
him to live up to that oath. Torture is morally repugnant. It’s
un-American. It’s illegal,” says NYC singer-songwriter and political
activist David Ippolito, the ad campaign’s spokesperson, who wrote
“Resolution (The Torture Song).”
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A majority of Americans want a federal investigation into the treatment
of detainees by government personnel, according to a Gallup and ABC
News/Washington Post poll, conducted in April.
“Violations of U.S. and international law have taken place. The evidence
is in clear public view,” says Cynthia Papermaster, Director of the
National Accountability Network http://accountability4torture.com/, an umbrella coalition of
political, human, and civil rights organizations. “These ads are aimed
at inspiring Americans to participate in correcting this illegal and
shameful situation by phoning and emailing the Attorney General.”
“It’s a very simple and necessary way to preserve our democracy from
tyranny,” she continues, “and to have the resolution our country needs
to go forward without the terrible shame of what has been done in our
name.”
The TV ads can also be watched online at: thatguitarman.com
