Google Attempts To Censor Green Party Ad

From @JillStein.org campaign director Ben Manski this evening:

Last week, the Jill Stein for President campaign placed over a hundred thousand dollars worth of airtime on cable TV nationally and in select markets across the country. The ads are scheduled to air tomorrow, Tuesday through this Thursday, to raise important progressive issues key to our nation's future that will not be discussed during the corporate-sponsored Democratic National Convention.

This morning, Google --which served as a broker for placement of our national satellite and cable television ad placements-- informed Jill Stein for President that they were censoring the campaign's ads due to "inappropriate language."  (The ads in question can be viewed here).

What Google does not seem to understand is that federal law prohibits broadcasters from censoring ads submitted by candidates for public office.

Because all primary advertising has to air before the close of the Democratic convention on Thursday, this is an extremely urgent matter.  We urge all of our supporters --and any American who does not think corporations should have the right to censor political free speech-- to contact Google at once:

• Google Headquarters:  1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone 1-650-253-0000 Fax 1-650-253-0001 
• To contact Google's Advertising Department toll free, call 1-866-2GOOGLE (1-866-246-6453) or email them with the form provided at https://services.google.com/fb/forms/ensales/  

In the event that this censorship matter may not be resolved in time, we have quickly produced three other ads, "What Green Means," that we can get on the air immediately, with your support.  You can see the ads here. And if you donate now, you can vote on which one of them we should use.

Please donate as much as you can as soon as you so we can get our ads on the air during the Democratic National Convention and before the primary season has ended! Thank you.

 In Solidarity, 

 Ben Manski
 Jill Stein for President
 Campaign Manager 

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