Minnesota TV Station Defends Not Running Ad Critical of Media

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Minnesota TV Station Defends Not Running Ad Critical of Media By Matthew Sheffield (Bio \| Archive) March 1, 2006 - 13:16 ET Minnesota ABC affiliate KSTP continues to defend its refusal to run an ad from the conservative group Progress for America which says the American news media is witholding good news about the war in Iraq. "The first spot had two statements that implied the media intentionally withheld good news and intentionally distorted reporting from Iraq. We know that's not true about KSTP. So we declined to run the ad," station general manager Rob Hubbard is quoted as saying in a Chicago Tribune article which gives a good background on the controversy. Are the "Midwest Heroes" (ads viewable here) set to become the Swiftboat Veterans of 2006? 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