It was easier to fault the Dixie Chicks back in 2003, when Natalie Maines spouted off that she was “ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” Back then, there was still the possibility that she was wrong about the war and George Bush. Certainly, a lot of people thought so, and the Chicks suffered accordingly.
Of course, in 2006, Natalie and the Dixie Chicks are looking smarter, and are the subject of “Shut Up and Sing,” an upcoming documentary on the controvesry. However, according to Billboard, two TV networks — NBC and the CW — are refusing to run commercials for the movie, claiming the ads bash George Bush. Playboy interviews the Chicks in the December issue (on sale next week) and we asked Natalie — with the war clearly failing and the president’s popularity at an all-time low — what would happen if she made the same comments today. “It would be a blip,” she says. "They might talk about it on some morning shows. But that just makes me feel more justified that I didn’t do anything wrong."
Apparently, NBC and the CW don’t agree.
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They'll run ads for rappers but they won't run ads for the Dixie Chicks. So I guess the "chicks" are much more dangerous than Eminem now. Who'd thunk it...
What about Saturday Night Live, Jay Leno and the Evening News all on NBC? They all "bash George Bush".
This film is a documentary!! The footage used actually happened.