Posted on 04/28/2007 11:07:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday questioned a Kansas television station's refusal to air an advertisement that is part of his antigun campaign.
"I think if I were CBS I'd call this local station and say what on earth were you thinking about? You can't censor this kind of ad, if you don't agree with the opinion," Bloomberg said on his weekly radio show.
The ad features a Minnesota police chief who says federal legislation is keeping him from getting information about where guns in his community are coming from and who is buying them. CBS affiliate KWCH of Wichita said the ad is misleading.
"We are doing what responsible broadcasters do," said Laverne E. Goering, KWCH director of programming.
Another station in Wichita, the NBC affiliate KSN, also decided not to run the ad "because the station could not verify its claims," according to a story on its Web site.
The measure at issue is known as the Tiahrt amendment, for its author, Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., who represents Wichita. It is typically attached to appropriations bills each year.
The legislation prevents federal authorities from sharing gun trace data with cities and local law enforcement, although it allows law enforcers to have specific gun data for criminal investigations or prosecution.
Bloomberg argues that it makes tracing illegal guns more difficult for law enforcement authorities, but the National Rifle Association says it protects the privacy of gun owners.
Tiahrt says it actually helps law enforcers because it keeps confidential the information that could interfere with gun investigations, such as the names of gun buyers, and he points to the fact that the Fraternal Order of Police sides with him. A spokesman for Tiahrt says the congressman supports some changes to the language and is working with the Bloomberg administration to accomplish that.
The ad debuted during Sunday's political talk shows on NBC, ABC and CBS and later on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel. The ad buy is part of a campaign launched by Bloomberg's nationwide coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
# of ex-wives?
What the hell buisness of yours Bloomy. You are not mayor of the world.
Each news busines has as much right as any other to decide for itself what news to publish, and which ads to accept. KWCH has as much right to decline to air ads by self-defense deniers as the NYT has to decline to air ads by the KKK.
“You can’t censor this kind of ad, if you don’t agree with the opinion,”
Uh, if it’s a privately owned station, yes it can.
...Hey kids, only ‘Nappy headed hos’ carry guns....
One claims to be Papist the other a Jew. But in reality they are both liberal athiests.
“But in reality they are both liberal athiests.”
I believe you have hit the nail on the head, sir. This is yet another prime example of liberal atheists pretending to be what they actually revile.
And also another example of liberals taking away our rights and freedoms, for our “own good.”
They do so because they don’t really believe that these rights originate with our Creator; rather they believe that these rights are theirs for the giving, theirs for the taking away.
Hey Bloomberg, FU!
Pound sand Bloomie.
how does a thread about bloomberg’s follies become a Giuliani rant in one post?
In school, it’s called “compare and contrast.” You don’t agree that Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg have a lot in common? Tell us about it....
We don’t have pictures of the current mayor in drag.
Yet.
Don't let Goering know Bloomberg is Jewish or he might get really carried away.
It is an interesting plot twist...
There should be a picture of him in a black leather biker jacket someplace...
“The ad debuted during Sunday’s political talk shows on NBC, ABC and CBS and later on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel. The ad buy is part of a campaign launched by Bloomberg’s nationwide coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.”
What I do not understand is that we keep a news channel on in the background in the mornings while we are getting up and getting ready for our day...
I have never seen any ad like this...
Even thought I know the whole effort is full of beans and Mayor Bloomberg can go pound sand with his idea...
I would actually like to see this thing...Just to reinforce where I stand on the issue...
Last names
try this:
http://www.protectpolice.org/tvads/
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