bobbyw24
09-28-2011, 08:26 AM
President Obama’s re-election campaign wants to connect with young Americans and reached out recently to MTV for help -- but the cable network turned them down, sources tell The Post.
The president’s Get Out the Vote campaign, run by Buffy Wicks, concerned the high unemployment rate of the so-called millennial generation would turn them off to their candidate, asked the network of “Jersey Shore” about helping to supply them with ideas on how to deal with their, er, situation.
The campaign called MTV’s internal ad agency, MTV Scratch, for assistance in mid-August, sources familiar with the conversations said.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bummer_mtv_tunes_out_prez_campaign_qWhWvs5wajz7IXA Gl0xGzM#ixzz1ZG1Nces1
The president’s Get Out the Vote campaign, run by Buffy Wicks, concerned the high unemployment rate of the so-called millennial generation would turn them off to their candidate, asked the network of “Jersey Shore” about helping to supply them with ideas on how to deal with their, er, situation.
The campaign called MTV’s internal ad agency, MTV Scratch, for assistance in mid-August, sources familiar with the conversations said.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bummer_mtv_tunes_out_prez_campaign_qWhWvs5wajz7IXA Gl0xGzM#ixzz1ZG1Nces1