CBS' censorship of MoveOn ad; Some Reps wade into the fray

[GreenPartyVoter]

"The choice not to run this paid advertisement appears to be part of a disturbing pattern on CBS's part to bow to the wishes of the Republican National Committee. We remember well CBS's remarkable decision this fall to self-censor at the direction of GOP pressure. The network shamefully cancelled a broadcast about former President Ronald Reagan which Republican partisans considered insufficiently flattering."


Sanders concluded, "Denying MoveOn's 30 second spot about the federal budget deficit seems a thinly veiled political decision. I hope that Viacom's move is not in any way payback to the Bush Administration for its ongoing efforts to loosen federal rules to allow large companies like Viacom to own a larger and larger share of the media in this country. I hope it's not but the timing of CBS' censorship is troubling. Regardless, this seems to be the latest example of how concentrated power in the media system harms the public interest"

http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0128-03.htm