MoveOn Dot Org is reporting that 340,000 people have filed complaints with CBS over the network’s decision to refuse to run a 30-second ad by MoveOn that criticizes President Bush’s economic policies during Sunday’s Super Bowl. On Monday Senator Dick Durbin said the ban is “Exhibit A in the case against media concentration.” According to the publication, Broadcasting and Cable, Durbin charged that CBS was refusing to run an ad critical of Bush in return for the White House’s support for a higher media ownership cap that will allow CBS’s parent company Viacom to keep all of its stations. Durbin said “The CBS Eye has been closed to truth and to fairness.”
CBS Ad Censorship Highlights Media Ownership Crisis
HeadlineJan 28, 2004