"Channel 13 pulls TV ad linking DeLay, lobbyist"...chicken-shits.

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Jan. 10, 2006, 10:57PM
Channel 13 pulls TV ad linking DeLay, lobbyist


By SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - A day before a television ad linking Rep. Tom DeLay to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was set to hit the airwaves in the Houston area, lawyers for his campaign told local stations Tuesday that the ad contained falsehoods and hinted that it could lead to court action.

At least one station, KTRK (Channel 13), quickly decided against broadcasting the commercial, which was scheduled to start today .<snip>

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The 30-second ad from two liberal-leaning interest groups, the Campaign for America's Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund, lists money and travel that DeLay allegedly received from Abramoff. It also calls on the Sugar Land Republican to resign from Congress.<snip>

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Channel 13 management said it "has reviewed this ad according to our usual procedure. We have decided not to accept the ad in its current form."

In response, David Donnelly, national campaigns director for the Public Campaign Action Fund, said, "Tom DeLay doesn't want people back home to know what he does in Washington."

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. silly geese. By pulling the ad, they are attracting attention.

it ends up getting more coverage than it would have if it had simply aired.

[louis-t]

2. Notice the attorneys say "falsehoods"

but they never say what the "falsehoods" are.

[Gothmog]

3. It is a good ad-I saw in on another station

I saw this ad this morning on the NBC station. It as very effective.