KRIS-TV: Two stations decline to air ads critical of DeLay

[PhilipShore]

KRIS-TV

http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4350684&nav=Bsmh

HOUSTON -- At least two Houston television stations have decided not to air ads targeting embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay.

[Old and In the Way]

1. I'm sure they'd do the same for a Democrat.

Appears that the Syndicate is now the State (in a nationalist sense) Party.

[sarcasmo]

28. I bet these two stations aired the swift boat liar ad.

[AspenRose]

2. ABC and Fox affiliates

Wonder if the ABC one is owned by Sinclair...

[sendero]

3. Delay's merely doing..

... what we should have done when the swiftboat ads appeared.

[PerceptionManagement]

4. Bugman is still dangerous

[Jane Austin]

5. David Shuster reported on Hardball that the stations are playing it as a

news item on their news shows, so it is being seen.

[PurityOfEssence]

6. Nice little body ya got there; wouldn't want it to burn to the ground,

would ya?

Bugboy's the meanest of the mean.

[DBoon]

8. The severed horse's head convinced them not to

They didn't want to lose any more of their prized race horses

[bluestateguy]

7. This is why I think DeLay will still win in November

But on the other hand, I think he will probably call it quits after that. An indicted, former majority leader doesn't have a whole lot of clout in the House.

[HuffleClaw]

9. hmmmm i wonder if they aired those swift boat ads

i bet they did. and they were exposed as a pack of lies. it would be interesting to know WHO was behind the decision to not air these ads.

[Lefty48197]

10. How much DOES it cost to buy a TV station these days?

How about TWO TV stations? Or, how about a whole fucking country full of radio and tv stations, publishing companies, newspapers and magazines?

[Tesha]

22. If you think "Hundreds of millions of dollars" you'll be in the ballpark.

(It obviously depends on th emedia market you're trying to
buy in to, but...)

If you think "Hundreds of millions of dollars" you'll be in the ballpark.

Tesha

[orleans]

11. sam seder just played the ad on AAR

(now he's playing a song by kate bush! wow--"running up that hill" -- thanks sam)

i saw the ad on cable (either msnbc or cnn aired it earlier today i think. i laughed!)

[Toots]

12. This is "Big News" so why isn't Fox playing the ad over and over like they

did the Swift Boat Ads. They ran those ads every day for almost a month as News. Why aren't these Ads News??????????????????????

[Bandit]

25. Fox and News in the same sentence

:rofl:

[OKNancy]

13. Kick

[stevedeshazer]

14. Houston TV stations withhold ads attacking DeLay

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Several Houston television stations withheld a political ad on Wednesday accusing U.S. Rep.
Tom DeLay of corruption after a lawyer for the former House majority leader said the ad was false and could lead to legal action.

The ad, sponsored by public interest groups Campaign for America's Future and Public Campaign Action Fund, calls for DeLay to resign because of his indictment in Texas on campaign finance charges and his links to disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

"All four of the major broadcast stations (in Houston) contacted to air the ad, as well as Time Warner cable, have stated they either will not run the ad or will keep it off the air for further review," according to a statement sent out by DeLay's office.

Some of the stations said during their newscasts they were looking at the ad to determine its credibility or that they had found some of the allegations to be questionable. The ad was supposed to run for a week, starting on Wednesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060112/pl_nm/delay_dc;_ylt=AuGrS2dCXTXYaZCNOtq0hSWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

[napi21]

15. I thought some of them refused to be bullied!

I saw some clip on CNN tonight that showed a reporter with the letter in his hand, saying sonething about threats. I'm surprised that they all buckled under. I know I've seen the damn ad several times aired here in Ga.

[Bridget Burke]

24. Only 2 Houston stations have refused the ads so far.

One is the ABC affiliate & the other is FOX!

[anotherdrew]

16. did Kerry send such a letter around about the swift boat liers?

lets all complain to the FCC or whatever

[ShockediSay]

17. lawyer said the ad was false and could lead to legal action

a kind of extortion, the threat of litigation

what to do?

have some of our lawyers communicate that failure to air political ads "could lead to litigation" come time for station license renewal?

or have some of our lawyers pull the same trick when DeLay tries to air ads?

or go on a massive publicity campaign naming the stations and reminding their advertisers there are a lot of dems in the area who might not want to patronize those other advertisers on their stations?

or have our lawyers sue DeLay for conspiracy (as a government official) to deny access to the public airwaves by our guys?

they did this to Howard Dean with their billboards. we can't take kind of thing this lying down. suggest gearing up a big law firm to rip into them with serious litigation whenever this kind of thing happens, coupled with a big pr campaign.

we let the media slide, the bad guys get a free ride.

[anotherdrew]

18. all good ideas, and none of them will happen. I don't know why

I wish they would

[ShockediSay]

19. because we are a passel of pussycats

compared to Karl Rove and his Jackboot FatRats

we may represent the vast majority of people, but not the vast majority of dirty dollars

[trapper914]

23. Libel Law

As a very, very public figure, a reckless disregard for the truth would have to be shown for DeLay to have a case. He wouldn't be able to get an award, for example, by trying to prove the Russians weren't "tycoons" but rather "oil and gas executives."

No, the t.v. stations in Houston didn't cave...they didn't want to run the ad, and DeLay gave them an excuse not to.

[ShockediSay]

26. Agree w/ your assessment

which is why we need to find a way and a price they have to pay for following their proclivities.

Throw in conspiracy to commit fraud.

[ShockediSay]

27. & more grounds to oppose license renewal

by our guys

[wakeme2008]

20. ad here

there does not seem to be any lies in it http://www.ourfuture.org/

[Selteri]

21. Funny, they didn't stop from the Anti-Kerry Swift Boat ads and those...

those were really really questionable and offensive since they accused him of a fedral crime of making false reports during a time of war.

[struggle4progress]

29. Delay Threatens Media Outlets Running Ads Linking Him to Corruption

Rep. Tom Delay Threatens Media Outlets Running Ads Linking Him to Corruption

Source: Campaign for America's Future

Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is threatening to “sue any station” that runs a new television ad that links him to one of the worst congressional corruption scandals ever. The two public interest groups that joined forces this week to run the ads are vigorously fighting back.

The groups, the Campaign for America’s Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund, unveiled $115,000 in new television, radio and billboard ads targeting Rep. DeLay and Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, for their ties to corruption on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, kicking off a yearlong campaign to clean up Congress.

KHOU-CBS, one of the stations originally scheduled to run the spot, said that Rep. DeLay “threatened to sue any station” that chooses to broadcast the ad, on in its morning news program.

Campaign for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey said Rep. DeLay, known as “the Hammer” in Congress, is trying to intimidate Houston television stations in a pointless effort to prevent public discussion ...

http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/2814