Thursday, July 3, 2008

Station refuses to run Democratic ad

Federal regulations say radio and TV stations can't selectively reject partisan political ads (unless something in the ad is factually wrong). But they do it anyway.

KYW radio in Philadelphia - part of the CBS empire - is rejecting a Democratic ad that features a Bush impersonator thanking Republican congressional candidates for supporting Big Oil. KYW's excuse is that the commersh might make people think the impersonator is the real Bush.

It's a bullshit excuse, of course. It doesn't fly with the regulations.

KYW bills itself as an all-news station, but its programming is full of conservative commentaries. So it's obvious where they stand.

Is the media still going to keep spreading this "liberal media" lie?

(Source: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/philly-radio-station-refuses-to-run-democratic-ad-2008-07-03.html)

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