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Quoted from Jessamyn West's journal:

You may or may not be aware of Adbuster's ongoing campaign to try to get airtime for their anti-capitalist commercials. They're not having much luck. Apparently the networks and other big media have a distaste for any advertisements that would piss off their other [bigger money] advertisers. This isn't totally surprising, but it's still sort of revealing in terms of what it says about freedom of the press and freedom of speech. At some level, just the exercise alone is a pretty interesting media stunt. Listening to what the TV stations say -- essentially "You're money's no good here" -- puts a fine point on what TV is all about. Not that Adbusters isn't fairly annoying, and too slick for my tastes, but I appreciate their mettle.

Now Move On -- every Progressive's favorite activist concern -- is trying to get Super Bowl airtime for the winner of their Bush in 30 Seconds contest. Guess what? CBS said no. It also nixed another ad promoting vegetarianism. Claiming that the spots were "issue advocacy" and stating "we don't think the debate ought to be controlled by people with deep pockets" CBS rejected those ads while still managing to include anti-drug ads from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

(Jessamyn West is the woman who came up with the library signs that say "The Department of Homeland Security has NOT visited us this week -- Watch for removal of this sign.")