'Stab in the heart'
TV networks reject controversial '9/11 mosque' ad Hundreds of opponents turned out for a public hearing on the mosque in New York on Tuesday Two US TV networks have refused to air a controversial advert condemning plans to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York.
The advert is funded by the National Republican Trust, a conservative group not affiliated to the Republican Party.
Entitled "Kill the Ground Zero Mosque", the video calls the proposed mosque a "monstrosity" that will invite further attacks on the US.
The advertisement has received over 100,000 page views on YouTube.
Neither CBS nor NBC, two of the major US television networks, will screen the advert. It is unclear what other networks will decide to do.
In emails obtained by the news website Politico, NBC Universal advertising standards manager Jennifer Riley wrote that because it did not make a distinction between terror groups and the religious organisation behind the mosque, "the ad is not acceptable under our guidelines for broadcast".
The advert uses dramatic images of the World Trade Center attacks and images of rejoicing Islamic militants set to a soundtrack of Muslim prayer.
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