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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News Rejects Anti-Trump Ad During RNC, Teachers Union Says
(HuffPost) Fox News refused to air a TV ad blasting President Donald Trumps response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Republican National Convention, telling the labor union funding it that it was inaccurate.
The 30-second spot from the American Federation of Teachers super PAC, AFT Solidarity, slams Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for what the union says is failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment to educators and plan for a safe return to public schools during the coronavirus outbreak.
Enough is enough, the ad says. This November, say no to Trump and McConnells chaos.
Fox News told HuffPost that it informed the unions representatives that it would air ad if the union corrected what it considered a questionable claim. .........(more)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teachers-union-fox-news-ad-gop-convention_n_5f45ec97c5b64f17e135d629?
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Fox News Rejects Anti-Trump Ad During RNC, Teachers Union Says (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2020
OP
Other networks, in solidarity, could refuse all Trump ads, since they are ALL full of lies...
not_the_one
Aug 2020
#2
??? Foxnews is a private enterprise and they can decide what ads to run or not. Nothing to do
beachbumbob
Aug 2020
#5
Cha
(297,763 posts)1. That sucks.. mustn't tell the truth about the Putin wannabe.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)2. Other networks, in solidarity, could refuse all Trump ads, since they are ALL full of lies...
and credit Fox News with their decision.
but who am I kidding?
BComplex
(8,069 posts)3. Fox is a business that is restricting freedom of speech. They should be sued.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,453 posts)4. It's not, of course.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)5. ??? Foxnews is a private enterprise and they can decide what ads to run or not. Nothing to do
with free speech