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MSNBC Won't Air 'Controversial' Gun Ad
MSNBC Won't Air 'Controversial' Gun Ad
The cable network MSNBC has refused to air an advertisement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, ...on the grounds that the ad is too "controversial."

The ad, ...features each of the three leading presidential candidates pledging to make it harder to buy guns at gun shows... picked by ImNotBlue 7 months ago
tags MSNBC Mayors Against Illegal Guns gun control election 2008 Clinton McCain
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 chinook
7 months ago
I don't see how that's controversial!

I think the best part about it is that it doesn't show much bias towards one candidate/party, it just promotes one cause.
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 badbud
7 months ago
I find the decision of MSNBC very confusing. I can't help but notice, the clips of Senators McCain and Clinton were from 2000, and Senator Obama from 2008.

I wondering if perhaps one or more of the candidates have changed their minds...
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 ieldanth
7 months ago
Maybe they are looking in the wrong place for the controversy. Just because all three candidates apparently agree on this doesn't mean all the people do.
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 shep182
7 months ago
Id say this is less about the ad itself and more a jab an MSNBC... the conservatives HATE Oberman, who is esentially the face of MSNBC... if it were FOX who decided not to run the ad... you would see Politico.com plastered with support about not taking our guns away... Read the comments below the actual article and you will get a feel for the kind of following this particular site has...

I'd be interested in finding any mention of this from any other source and see what MSNBC is saying about... if they care to say anything at all.. .
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