TV networks reject controversial '9/11 mosque' ad

[demoleft]

Source: bbc

Two US TV networks have refused to air a controversial advert condemning plans to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York.

The advert is funded by the National Republican Trust, a conservative group not affiliated to the Republican Party.

Entitled "Kill the Ground Zero Mosque", the video calls the proposed mosque a "monstrosity" that will invite further attacks on the US.
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In emails obtained by the news website Politico, NBC Universal advertising standards manager Jennifer Riley wrote that because it did not make a distinction between terror groups and the religious organisation behind the mosque, "the ad is not acceptable under our guidelines for broadcast".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us+canada-10641970

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maybe not news there, i read it now from today's bbc news.
sorry in case it's already been shared here.

[yurbud]

1. always good to see how the rest of the world sees us

[activa8tr]

3. YES I really wish BBC would try more aggressively to be seen on cable here

so many of us are sick of CNN and even half of MSNBC, before Ed, Keith, and Rachel come on each day, of course.

I am so tired of daytime MSNBC from 6 AM to 6 PM that I keep my news feed on BBC. Sane reporting!

[Warpy]

2. It's nice to see a line being drawn somewhere

besides tolerance.

[uppityperson]

4. Good, glad they are refusing to air this bs