“Midwest Heroes”

02/18/2006

There’s been quite a brouhaha lately over a series of political ads under the banner “Midwest Heroes”. Already, one station in the Twin Cities, KSTP, has refused to air them.

(See http://www.startribune.com/587/story/252903.html )

Should your local TV station make money airing these kinds of political ads that many consider misleading?

(See http://www.startribune.com/357/story/252923.html and http://www.startribune.com/357/story/240370.html )

Or do we have a standard for acceptable political speech that allows for purposeful deception?

You decide.

If you want to let your local TV station know what you think of the ads, here are the contacts:

Austin: KAAL - (507) 437-6666
Mankato: KEYC - (507) 625-7905.
Rochester: KTTC - (507) 288-4444; KXLT Fox 47 - (507) 252-4747

For more discussion of the issue, check out http://voxverax.com.

- Leigh Pomeroy