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  • Channel 5 Rejects Anti-Bush Ad of Borough President Candidate (Manhattan NYC)

    09/06/2005 3:29:30 PM PDT · by neverdem · 23 replies · 663+ views
    NY Times ^ | September 6, 2005 | JIM RUTENBERG
    A local television station, WNYW/Channel 5, is refusing to run a provocative advertisement promoting a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president. And the campaign of the candidate, Brian Ellner, is charging that the station is doing so because the spot takes a swipe at President Bush. The 30-second ad features Mr. Bush's face superimposed upon a middle-aged man's naked torso as Mr. Ellner says of the president that "the emperor has no clothes." Mr. Ellner also introduces his partner, Simon Holloway, in the spot - which the campaign says is the first time in city history that a gay candidate...