Group sues to force display of antiwar ad - Clear Channel

[dArKeR]

NEW YORK - An anti-war group is headed to federal court Tuesday to try to force media giant Clear Channel Communications to display its billboard ad in Times Square opposing the Iraq war.

The group, which calls itself Project Billboard, says it agreed to pay Clear Channel $368,000 to show the billboard for three months -- from Aug. 2 until Election Day -- on the side of a hotel at 45th Street and Broadway.

The billboard, 69 feet by 44 feet, was to show a stylized bomb and fuse, decorated in stars and stripes, above the message, "Democracy is best taught by example, not by war."

But when Clear Channel learned of the intended message, the company labeled the message distasteful and blocked the anti-war group from displaying it, according to papers filed in Manhattan federal court.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5430114

They should not only be seeking the right to contract/display but also punitive damages and the US Attorney should be sueing Clear Channel for Racketeering under the RICO Statute! Everyone in America knows what's going on with these corrupt GOP/GOP Party! So why doesn't our law enforcement? The people who WE pay their salaries in government!

I'd like to propose a law to excile ALL Republicans to Saudia Arabia. If they can swim back we'll let them spend the rest of their lives in prison.


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[NashVegas]

1. This is an Argument for Media Regulation / Anti-Trust

rather than trying to force an advertiser to carry your message.

[prolesunited]

2. What kind of world do we live in

when advocating for peace is labeled as a distasteful message?

[Hobarticus]

3. Think they came to a compromise...

They replaced the bomb with a dove. Still it's pretty weak that they had to give them even that. If there's ever a case for breaking Clear Channel's monopoloy up, this is it.

[maggrwaggr]

4. we HAVE to figure out a way to sue these fuckers

The threat of lawsuits is the ONLY check-and-balance we have against corporations.

The government only helps them and fucks us up the ass.