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mucifer

(23,561 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 10:28 PM Feb 2012

FCC Sides With WMAQ-TV For Not Airing Anti-Abortion Ad During Super Bowl

A man who was upset when WMAQ-TV refused to air his anti-abortion commercial during tomorrow's Super Bowl, and then filed a complaint against the station with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the hopes of forcing them to air that commercial, has had his complaint denied. The FCC ruled that WMAQ-TV was well within their right to deny the upsetting, graphic commercial for a pair of reasons.

The person who filed the complaint is Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist who has been trying to get his disturbing ads aired on local NBC affiliated stations all across the Midwest during the Super Bowl...

more at: http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/2246-fcc-sides-with-wmaq-tv-for-not-airing-anti-abortion-ad-during-super-bowl

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FCC Sides With WMAQ-TV For Not Airing Anti-Abortion Ad During Super Bowl (Original Post) mucifer Feb 2012 OP
Thank you NBC Chicago channel 5 ! Your audience(me) appreciates it! lunasun Feb 2012 #1
kick for those who might be interested/ mucifer Feb 2012 #2

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. Thank you NBC Chicago channel 5 ! Your audience(me) appreciates it!
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 12:31 AM
Feb 2012

bookmarking to remind me to email + let them know that @ ch5
-so many Terry fans will be sending emails I presume

DONT upset my Superbowl and my family incldg children with your sick shit Mr. Terry
Doesnt play here home of da Bears

You let this on next its an NBA playoff with God Hates Fags church commercials

LMFAO is on @1/2 time

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