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A Roanoke-based television station will not run an ad targeting Rep. Tom Perriello, the station’s president and manager said Thursday.
Jeffrey Marks, of WDBJ Television Inc., did not comment on the reasons why the ad will not be aired.
“I don’t characterize why an advertiser is or is not running on our air,” Marks said.
The ad, paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee, targets Perriello’s support of the Clean Energy and Security Act, also known as the cap-and-trade bill, which was approved last week in the House of Representatives.
Perriello, D-5th District, is the only representative targeted in the ad, which claims he voted with President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “over and over.”
The nonpartisan political analysis Web site, http://www.factcheck.org, published an analysis critical of the ad, calling the NRCC “wrong” in the amount of money it claimed the bill would cost a family of four. The site claims the NRCC misinterpreted data from a study performed by the Heritage Foundation analysis calculating the GDP loss in 2020.
Marks said though the station did not air the ad, that should not be interpreted as an agreement with the site’s analysis of the ad.
“We didn’t say it was false or misleading. The Democratic Party may have, or Perriello may have,” he said.
“I’m not making a connection between (Perriello’s concerns) and it not running,” he added.
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I would block the channel, but my wife has to watch “The Young and the Restless” and would divorce me.
But that is the only thing from now on.
Any logical and fair minded person would attest the media sold the Kenyan via Hawaii more than ample air time during his bid for the presidency; especially the national networks. Seems as if their philosophy was “the hell with fair and impartial” reporting. No doubt in my mind this played a huge part in the “super” knee grow’s election to the nation’s highest office.
Seems with WDBJ’s decision to not air a Republican political ad critical of Perriello’s congressional voting record that the same suit is being played out.
Count me as one that will choose not to view news programs on channel 7, but also none of their programing. Perhaps if enough people adopt this position the message wil be received loud and clear that the media’s role is to report situations; not decide the pros and cons. Citizens shouldn’t let a precedent get established here that in the future will allow a branch of the media to shun a candidate altogether.
http://www.factcheck.org is NOT non-partisan; they do have a political agenda. The non-partisan people are at www.askheritage.org and they do present the facts.
Viewers that disagree with the station’s decision should let their advertisers know, and shop elsewhere.
Many thanks to The News & Advance for the coverage they gave about this TV station and Perriello’s vote against the United States of America.
i bet if this were a republican, wdbj-7 would jump at the chance to air a criticism against him or her.
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