ABC has blocked the recent "Repower America" television advertisement from WE Can Solve It from airing. The broadcast network flat out refused to run the ad during the Tuesday night debate between Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Senator John McCain, a time slot where new ideas like those presented in the the ad couldn't be more necessary. Stranger still, ABC has failed to provide any explanation whatsoever to WE CEO Cathy Zoi as to the reason behind the refusal by a network that is plenty happy to run advertisements from Supermajor oil companies on the regular. You can check out the "Repower America" ad below:
httpv://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmEUHeI7fzE&eurl=http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/s/ABC
I don't know about you, but nothing there seemed particularly controversial to me. WE Can Solve It, unsurprisingly, feels the same way and has now posted a page on their website to petition ABC via email to run the ad tonight. You can takepart in getting the word out on renewable energy by heading over to the WE webpage and petitioning ABC to air the ad.
LINKS:
Ecorazzi: WTF ABC: Network Refuses to Air Renewable Energy Ad
Care2: ABC Won't Air the "We Can Solve It Ad" During the Presidential Debate
The Good Human: ABC Refuses to Air the Repower America Ad from We Can Solve It ABC has blocked the recent "Repower America" television advertisement from WE Can Solve It from airing. The broadcast network flat out refused to run the ad during the Tuesday night debate between Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Senator John McCain, a time slot where new ideas like those presented in the the ad couldn't be more necessary. Stranger still, ABC has failed to provide any explanation whatsoever to WE CEO Cathy Zoi as to the reason behind the refusal by a network that is plenty happy to run advertisements from Supermajor oil companies on the regular. You can check out the "Repower America" ad below:
httpv://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmEUHeI7fzE&eurl=http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/s/ABC
I don't know about you, but nothing there seemed particularly controversial to me. WE Can Solve It, unsurprisingly, feels the same way and has now posted a page on their website to petition ABC via email to run the ad tonight. You can takepart in getting the word out on renewable energy by heading over to the WE webpage and petitioning ABC to air the ad.
LINKS:
Ecorazzi: WTF ABC: Network Refuses to Air Renewable Energy Ad
Care2: ABC Won't Air the "We Can Solve It Ad" During the Presidential Debate
The Good Human: ABC Refuses to Air the Repower America Ad from We Can Solve It 
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