Tue, Oct 31, 2006 1:07pm EST
ABC memo reveals Air America advertiser blacklist An internal ABC Radio Networks memo obtained by Media Matters for America, originally from a listener to The Peter B. Collins Show, indicates that nearly 100 ABC advertisers insist that their commercials be blacked out on Air America Radio affiliates. According to the memo, the advertisers insist that "NONE of their commercials air during AIR AMERICA programming."
Among the advertisers listed are Bank of America, Exxon Mobil, Federal Express, General Electric, McDonald's, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and the U.S. Navy.
The memo appears below, and an enlarged version can be viewed HERE
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Nice guys, eh? The United States of America, eh?
Harry Hope, alt.politics.bush
Of course any company has the right to say what their advertising is associated with, but if these companies really believe in the principle of free speech embodied in our Constitution, you have to wonder why they don't support it with their actions.
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