Agreement paves way for anti-war billboard

[TryingToWarnYou]

A liberal advocacy group reached an agreement Thursday with Clear Channel Communications that will allow an anti-war billboard to go up in New York's Times Square in time for the Republican National Convention.

The deal will settle the lawsuit that Project Billboard filed against Clear Channel Monday, after the media company rejected the billboard as "inappropriate." The billboard featured an image of a bomb with text reading, "Democracy is best taught by example, not by war."

Under terms of the settlement, Project Billboard will be allowed to post a billboard with the same text, but the image of a peace dove will replace the original bomb cartoon.

Project Billboard had accused Clear Channel of rejecting the ad for political reasons but backed away from that position after reaching a settlement. The company steadfastly denied any political agenda, insisting it rejected the billboard because the image of a bomb would be offensive in a city that had been a target of the 9/11 terror attacks.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/16/billboard.lawsuit/index.html

[lfairban]

1. Good deal.

It looks like Clear Channel painted themselves into a corner on this one. Since they argued a specific content issue rather than an overall right to ban anything they don't like, they had little choice than to accept the billboard with the modification.

[calico1]

2. Good to hear!