"No Nukes" Ad From U.S. Scientists' Group Too "Scary" for Northwest Airlines

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http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/461


It sounds like an early Halloween prank. After customer complaints of "scary" ads at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Republican Party Convention goers will be treated to the usual idyllic lake scenes from the local tourism board, Explore Minnesota, and similarly non-offensive advertising.

So what is so frightening? Thinking about nuclear weapons.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) placed ads that question nuclear proliferation in both airports of the two cities hosting the major party conventions this fall. The two ads were virtually the same, though changed to specifically apply to one city or another. They read:

"When only one nuclear bomb could destroy a city like ... We don't need 6,000. : It's time to get serious about reducing the nuclear threat."

Each ad features a target focused on an aerial picture of the city in which it appears.

Northwest Airlines, which has a major hub in Minneapolis and is the official airline of the Republican Convention, has asked Clear Channel, the company who sold the ad space, to remove the ad from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Northwest said it made the request in response to customer complaints, which referred to the ad as "scary" and "anti-McCain." Clear Channel complied with the request on August 19, and removed the ads at the Denver International Airport on the night of the 20. There is no indication that United Airlines, which has a hub at the Denver airport, made any requests to have the UCS ad removed.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonpartisan, nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C. The organization does not endorse either candidate, and has expressed optimism about the fact that both major party candidates for president have pledged to eliminate nuclear weaponry.
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