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)
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Station refuses to run Democratic ad
Posted by Bandit at 6:26 PM
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