Fox News Rejects National Ad Buy for a 30-Second Spot About Dangers of Fascism | THR News - video Dailymotion

The 30-second ad is called "It Can Happen Here," and was to be targeted at Sean Hannity's viewers.

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00:00"- We, with American ideals, demand that our government shall be returned to the American people who founded it."

00:10Fox News has rejected a national ad for the Oscar-nominated anti-Nazi documentary short

00:15A Night at the Garden. The 30-second spot also warns viewers about the potential dangers of

00:20American fascism. But The Hollywood Reporter has learned that a Fox News ad sales representative

00:25said network leadership deemed it inappropriate. The documentary short A Night at the Garden

00:29recounts a 1939 Nazi rally in New York City.

00:36However, the ad wouldn't just serve as promotion for the doc, but also a warning of it can happen here.

00:41Deshaun Hannity is largely conservative viewers about the potential dangers of President Donald

00:46Trump's brand of populism.

00:48"- You all have heard of me through the Jewish controlled press, as a creature with horns, a cloven hoof, and a long tail."

01:01The film's distributor, Field of Vision, decided to purchase a national spot on Hannity's show,

01:06but it was rebuffed by the network, which controls national advertising.

01:10According to email correspondents viewed by THR, a Fox News national ad sales representative told the

01:15distributors' media buying agency on Wednesday that CEO Suzanne Scott said the ad was not appropriate for our air.

01:22A Fox News spokesperson has not yet responded to a request for comment.

01:25For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:28Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.