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Originally Posted by dippin
Pan,
Who, exactly, is trying to sue or have the courts block the ads?
Because I've seen the reactions by planned parenthood, NARAL and so on and none mention the FCC.
In any case, there is no censorship here.
You are simply mistaking free speech with the notion that somehow people should be free from criticism.
So the people who disagree with the ad shouldn't be allowed to express their disagreement? They shouldn't be able to use that as a factor of whether or not they want to watch CBS?
Everyone has the right to criticize CBS as loudly and as publicly as they want, to boycott CBS for as long as they want, and to send as many letters as they want. And you are free to criticize the groups that do so. But the notion that Tebow or CBS is having their free speech rights somehow threatened is nonsense.
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You are correct, I stand corrected and apologize for not researching to see if what I heard was correct.
The night I wrote this, as I stated I had heard it on a Cleveland AM radio show and they were discussing that there were lawsuits and a group to get the FCC to stop the ad.
However, I have been searching to find articles stating such and cannot find them. I searched based on the above quoted post asking me for a source.
I do believe it is one's absolute right to boycott, petition and speak out against the ad if they see fit.
My sole argument was based on the fact that there were lawsuits and FCC petitions.
I do stand by my argument that these people had every opportunity to come up with an ad of their own but saw fit not to.
If someone can find an article stating there is pending litigation or FCC petitions to withhold the ad, I would appreciate seeing them.