Exxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/exxon-cease-and-desist_n_2695472.html



Exxon Cease-And-Desist Order Gets Climate Change Ad Pulled From State Of The Union Coverage
Hunter Stuart
Posted: 02/15/2013 4:13 pm EST | Updated: 02/15/2013 6:51 pm EST

Exxon Mobil gave a cease-and-desist order to Comcast, forcing the cable provider to pull an ad about climate change from Fox News' coverage of the State of the Union address in some areas Tuesday night, according to emails provided to The Huffington Post by one of the groups responsible for the ad.

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"ExxonMobil fully expects the spot in question to be pulled down immediately," the email continued. "Any delay in executing this cease & desist will be viewed as willful defamation and slander of the Exxon Mobil Corporation and will result in aggressive action."

The ad did not air at all on Tuesday night, David Turnbull of Oil Change International told HuffPost. The ad has aired on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" and "Up With Chris Hayes" and has been viewed over 170,000 times on YouTube.)

When asked what the basis was for the cease-and-desist order, Kimberly Brasington, a spokesperson for Exxon Mobil Corporation told HuffPost in an email: "The advertisement is offensive, nonsensical and fails to meet any basic standard of accuracy, so we requested that the broadcast network reconsider airing it."