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Wis. Dems ask stations to pull attack ads featuring "Morgan Freeman" voice
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jul 28, 2011 03:29pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Andy Rathbun |
| Media | Newspaper - St. Paul Pioneer Press |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The voice that helped carry "The Shawshank Redemption" and "March of the Penguins" has seemingly found its way into Wisconsin's 10th Senate District recall race.
Narration that sounds suspiciously like it came from Morgan Freeman can be heard in a new TV ad attacking Shelly Moore, the Democratic challenger in the state's 10th District recall election. The ad is paid for by Citizens for a Strong America, a political group that has run a heavy cycle of ads in opposition to Moore in the Twin Cities media market.
"Although it seems like a clear intent to sound like Morgan, they are close, but no cigar," Freeman's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said in an email. "That is not Morgan's voice."
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Mike Tate sent letters today to KARE, KMSP, WCCO and KSTP, calling on the stations to pull the ad.
Tate said the ad's use of a Freeman soundalike is "a dangerous deception, meant to confer legitimacy to false, dishonest attacks." |
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