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:: 1.23.2004 ::
CBS refuses to air Moveon.org anti-Bush ad during Superbowl halftime Meanwhile, the White House is on the verge of signing into law a deal which Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says is custom-tailored for CBS and Fox, allowing the two networks to grow much bigger. CBS lobbied hard for this rule change; MoveOn.org members across the country lobbied against it; and now our ad has been rejected while the White House ad will be played. It looks an awful lot like CBS is playing politics with the right to free speech.
Of course, this is bigger than just the MoveOn.org Voter Fund. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) submitted an ad that was also rejected.4 But this isn't even a progressive-vs.-conservative issue. The airwaves are publicly owned, so we have a fundamental right to hear viewpoints from across the ideological spectrum. That's why we need to let CBS know that this practice of arbitrarily turning down ads that may be "controversial" -- especially if they're controversial simply because they take on the President -- just isn't right.
To watch the ad that CBS won't air and sign our petition to CBS, go to:
http://www.moveon.org/cbs/ad/
(If you want to skip the ad and just sign the petition, click here.) Not to mention that CBS was happy to air the White House ad claiming that drug users support terrorists during the Superbowl, then refused to air Arianna Huffington's parody ad that said the same thing about SUV owners. Their reason for refusing the second ad? One guess.
:: Deb 11:01 AM :: permalink ::
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