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Related: About this forumExxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/exxon-cease-and-desist_n_2695472.htmlExxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage
Hunter Stuart
Posted: 02/15/2013 4:13 pm EST | Updated: 02/15/2013 6:51 pm EST
Exxon Mobil gave a cease-and-desist order to Comcast, forcing the cable provider to pull an ad about climate change from Fox News' coverage of the State of the Union address in some areas Tuesday night, according to emails provided to The Huffington Post by one of the groups responsible for the ad.
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"ExxonMobil fully expects the spot in question to be pulled down immediately," the email continued. "Any delay in executing this cease & desist will be viewed as willful defamation and slander of the Exxon Mobil Corporation and will result in aggressive action."
The ad did not air at all on Tuesday night, David Turnbull of Oil Change International told HuffPost. The ad has aired on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" and "Up With Chris Hayes" and has been viewed over 170,000 times on YouTube.)
When asked what the basis was for the cease-and-desist order, Kimberly Brasington, a spokesperson for Exxon Mobil Corporation told HuffPost in an email: "The advertisement is offensive, nonsensical and fails to meet any basic standard of accuracy, so we requested that the broadcast network reconsider airing it."
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Exxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Feb 2013
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Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)1. Talk about supersensitive!
How could they object to that?
touchy, touchy!
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)2. offensive, nonsensical and fails to meet any basic standard of accuracy. That's FOX News on any day
And FOX went to court to defend their right to lie:
In a stunningly narrow interpretation of FCC rules, the Florida Appeals court claimed that the FCC policy against falsification of the news does not rise to the level of a law, rule, or regulation, it was simply a policy. Therefore, it is up to the station whether or not it wants to report honestly.
So lies as news is ok. "Lies" as advertisement is not...
Don't believe me?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1174&pid=89
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. "Requested?"
No, you demanded and threatened. So much for honesty.