AP: Ohio Cable Network Pulls MoveOn.org Ad

[DeepModem Mom]

Ohio Cable Network Pulls MoveOn.org Ad

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A TV station and a cable network are refusing to run an ad sponsored by a liberal activist group that targets Republican U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce because of questions about material the group provided to back up the ad's claims.

The group MoveOn.org is spending $300,000 on ads targeting Pryce and other lawmakers. The ads say they accepted thousands of dollars in donations from defense contractors and then "opposed penalties for contractors like Halliburton who overcharged the military in Iraq."

Tom Griesdorn, president and general manager of WBNS-TV, said the station didn't air the ad because its attorneys "did not feel comfortable with the documentation provided by Moveon.org," he said.

Time Warner Cable pulled the ad from the Columbus market after receiving a written complaint from Pryce's campaign. The network was reviewing the material Moveon.org provided to document the ad's content, Time Warner spokeswoman Mary Jo Green said.

The ads also target Reps. Nancy Johnson of Connecticut, Chris Chocola of Indiana and Thelma Drake of Virginia. The 30-second spots, which began running Wednesday, are part of the group's $1.3 million ad campaign in the midterm elections....

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[Norquist Nemesis]

1. The day a station refuses a 'conservative activist group'

I will know Hell has frozen over.

[acmejack]

2. These facts are simply insufficient evidence.

Bring something which meets our standard of proof and then we will air your ads.

[EFerrari]

3. Bring it in small bills. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Did this station run the "Swift Boat" ads in 2004?

[DeepModem Mom]

5. That also is my question. nt

[Botany]

6. No they did not run the Swift Boat stuff

but they are owned by the Wolf Family who own the Columbus Dispatch
who are major repugs ...... Wolf got the Air Force 1 Plane ride to get
him to endorse bush in 04.

[WCGreen]

8. If they didn't run the swift boat ads.....

Then they are at least attempting to be consisent....

[FreeStateDemocrat]

7. Bet Ann the Man has appeared on their cable schedule, hypocrites