FROM THE ARTICLE:
According to KMOX, the campaign had paid the first half of the buy, but the station did not receive the other half. KOMU also said that it has confirmed that other stations have been put in the same position.
Sarah Mcadoo, an accounting assistant for KSHB-TV in Kansas City, confirmed to KOMU that Akin’s ads had been pulled from their log. The Akin campaign told KOMU that the payment is forthcoming.
FROM YOU:
You are quite naive if you think that KOMU is telling the truth here.
Ask anyone at a radio/tv station and they will tell you that NO political ad is ever run unless it is paid for in advance — and that goes for everyone from dogcatcher to POTUS — and includes KOMU.
So the claim that the Akin campaign owes KOMU anything is a blatant prefabrication. The station would not have run a campaign add unless they already had the money in house.
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In he past, I paid for radio time. What happened here is that Akin signed a contract, paid part of the money, and they ran the ads. When they did not receive the other half of the money, the additional ads that were on the log were pulled. Does he owe money to them? Probably not, unless they have something in the contract binding him for damages if they schedule the ads and he doesn’t pay. The article does not say that he did not pay for ads already run. Nice try, but KOMU is not lying here.
The "buy" is for prepaid scheduled commercials that only run if paid for in advance. Here is the proof from your next post:
Sarah Mcadoo, an accounting assistant for KSHB-TV in Kansas City, confirmed to KOMU that Akin’s ads had been pulled from their log.
"from their log" which means that they haven't run yet but were scheduled to run if paid for.
It is SOP for political ads -- paid for upfront or they do not run. The campaign owes them no money and never did.
Nice try --