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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:13 AM
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Salt Lake City: TV station refuses to air Cindy ad days before Bush visit
snip:
"In the ad, Sheehan pleads with Bush for a meeting and accuses him of lying to the American people about Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction and its connection to al-Qaeda.

"I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war?" a weary-looking Sheehan asks in the ad. "I know you can't bring Casey back. But it's time to admit mistakes and bring our troops home now."

In a statement Saturday evening explaining its decision, KTVX said that after viewing the ad, local managers found the content "could very well be offensive to our community in Utah...."
and much more

read the full article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-20-bush-ad_x.htm

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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:15 AM
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1. time to boycott advertisers on that station n/t
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Dynasty_At_Passes Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:16 AM
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2. That's an outrage!
I'm going to write to the editor, and get everyone I can to write and pressure them to air the advertisement. They are not going to get away with surpressing anyone's speech. :mad:
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 08:13 AM
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5. I'll bet anything they had no problem airing the SBVT commercials
that scarred the elections last year and tried to discredit a war hero by blantantly telling lies.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:17 AM
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3. One of these days, Catholics and Mormons are gonna figure out that...
...Fundy Constructionist reach arounds don't last forever.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 06:17 AM
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4. They were showing * the love...
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 08:16 AM
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6. Maybe they'll even show the pro-Bushler protesters in Crawford?
:puke:

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