Salt Lake City: TV station refuses to air Cindy ad days before Bush visit

[mtnsnake]

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

[wli]

1. time to boycott advertisers on that station n/t

[Dynasty_At_Passes]

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:

[mtnsnake]

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.

[Fridays Child]

3. One of these days, Catholics and Mormons are gonna figure out that...

...Fundy Constructionist reach arounds don't last forever.

[Skidmore]

4. They were showing * the love...

[Swamp Rat]

6. Maybe they'll even show the pro-Bushler protesters in Crawford?

:puke: