CNN Refusing To Run Health Care Ad Critical Of Insurance Industry

What on earth is going on at CNN?

Americans United for Change’s spokesman, Jeremy Funk, tells me that CNN refused to run the ad nationally. He says CNN emailed the following reason for rejection:

“This ad does not comply with our clearance guidelines because it unnecessarily singles out an individual company and person.”

That very well may be CNN’s policy. But AUC maintains that the mention of Cigna’s CEO was necessary to dramatize the enormous stake the ... Full Story »

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Sargent reports on an important case of big corporate media, enabled by use of public airways, censoring the voice of the public if that voice might upset another big corporation, presumably one with advertizing revenue.

CNN news is mindless twitter posts, their opinion is from the racist Dobbs, and their advertizing is shut off to anyone who questions rich sociopaths. What does CNN stand for? Corporate Nation Nazism?

Would CNN run ads from Cigna that are positive about the company?” Funk asks. “If yes, why would they turn down an ad critical of the company ... More »

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