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Breitbart Buried the Lead
I was heartened to see a Breitbart story that called out the anti-Israel group, Committee For Peace in Israel and Palestine, for producing a demonstrably false ad that is appearing on the walls and billboards of the NYC Metro System. But that emotion lasted only a moment, because Breitbart, as well as most of the leading trafficked right-leaning blogs and news sites, continues to miss the real story.
While NYC METRO gladly approves these false ads, they continually harass, harangue and block The American Defense Initiative and Stop Islamization of America from running any counter ads.
William Bigelow of Breitbart writes -
Although the Jewish community has protested the ads, the MTA will not remove them — even though they are factually inaccurate.
Don’t stop there Mr. Bigelow. Please tell the full story. This ad, and various iterations (after many tweaks and changes decreed by NYC METRO) was turned down for being inflammatory.
Here is the statement of Henry Clifford, talking about his own anti-Israel ad that was approved by NYC METRO -
“If the facts are inflammatory, then they are inflammatory.”
The story here is not that METRO ran an anti-Israel ad, it’s that the government is operating on an un-level playing field and picking and choosing ads based on, what appears to be, their own political leanings.
PLEASE REPOST THIS STORY ON YOUR OWN BLOGS AND THEN TWEET IT
Left Coast Dan
July 13th, 2012
That reminds me – the ‘leave the Catholic church’ ad was in LA Times a few days ago. No word on whether they will publish the ‘leave Islam’ ad.
asta risborn
July 13th, 2012
Here’s an ad for you:
Shariah is moronic and barbaric.
Shariah is jihad.
Jihad is Islam.
Islam is slime.
persecutor
July 13th, 2012
Guess the MTA is afraid of the truth. They can’t handle the truth!
sybilll
July 13th, 2012
Good work BFH, and the kind acknowledgement from Joel.