anti-war censorhsip

apparently the networks had no problem with the
unsubstantiated claims made by Bush…

Anti-War Ads Rejected During Bush Speech
Tue Jan 28,11:43 PM ET
By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Comcast cable television
company rejected ads that an anti-war group wanted to
air during President Bush (news - web sites)'s State
of the Union speech, saying they included
unsubstantiated claims.


Peace Action Education Fund had spent $5,000 to have
six 30-second ads aired on CNN by Philadelphia-based
Comcast beginning Tuesday night. During his speech,
Bush was expected to reiterate his case for war.

The ads were to be broadcast in the Washington, D.C.,
area. But Comcast's legal department notified the
group Tuesday morning that the ads would not air.

"Comcast runs advertisements from many sources
representing a wide range of viewpoints, pro and con,"
Comcast spokesman Mitchell Schmale said in a statement
issued Tuesday evening. "However, we must decline to
run any spot that fails to substantiate certain claims
or charges. In our view, this spot raises such
questions."

The statement did not specify what Comcast, the
nation's largest cable company, objected to.

The ads show citizens expressing opposition to war
with Iraq and were to run twice on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday nights.

The idea was to reach Congress members, Cabinet
members and other Washington decision makers, said the
Rev. Robert Moore, executive director of the
2,000-member peace group, which is based in Princeton.

"This is an outrageous infringement on our First
Amendment rights, in the center of our democracy,
Washington, D.C.," he said.

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