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rhonan for the heads up:
The Bush administration is threatening to pull the licenses of TV stations that air ads advocating investigation into Bush's lies about Iraq! This is so totally fucked up, I don't even know where to begin.
In a letter to station managers in Madison, Wisconsin, where the ad has run, Caroline Hunter, a Republican Party lawyer, wrote:
"It has come to our attention that your station will begin airing false and misleading advertisements. The Democratic National Committee has no right to willfully spread false information in a deliberate attempt to mislead the American people. As an FCC licensee you have a responsibility to avoid deliberate misrepresentations of the facts. Such obligations must be taken seriously. This letter puts you on notice that the information contained in the above-cited advertisement is false and misleading; therefore, you are obligated to refrain from airing this advertisement."
Quote from here
This is so, totally, completely, fucked up.
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." (Thomas Jefferson)
rhonan for the heads up:The Bush administration is threatening to pull the licenses of TV stations that air ads advocating investigation into Bush's lies about Iraq! This is so totally fucked up, I don't even know where to begin.
In a letter to station managers in Madison, Wisconsin, where the ad has run, Caroline Hunter, a Republican Party lawyer, wrote:
"It has come to our attention that your station will begin airing false and misleading advertisements. The Democratic National Committee has no right to willfully spread false information in a deliberate attempt to mislead the American people. As an FCC licensee you have a responsibility to avoid deliberate misrepresentations of the facts. Such obligations must be taken seriously. This letter puts you on notice that the information contained in the above-cited advertisement is false and misleading; therefore, you are obligated to refrain from airing this advertisement."
Quote from here
This is so, totally, completely, fucked up.
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." (Thomas Jefferson)
