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Last Updated on Friday, 17 October 2008 09:28 Written by rslcpol Friday, 17 October 2008 09:28
From the Great Falls Tribune:
The Montana Democratic Party asked TV stations across the state to stop running the ad, arguing that it was “riddled with blatant falsehoods,” and therefore in violation of communication laws.
Monty Wallis, the manager for CBS affiliate stations in Montana’s six most populous cities, said Thursday that the request was denied, meaning the ads will continue to run.
“We got documentation from both sides, took a look at it, analyzed it,” he said. “There’s nothing here that I can see that is so substantially wrong or false that it would justify it being pulled from the air.”
Wallis said the state’s political parties tried to use him as a political pawn.
“I just don’t like being put in the middle of these kinds of disputes,” he said.
Regardless of TV stations’ positions, Bullock took issue with the ad.
“It’s flat wrong, and I’m offended,” he said.