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Network Cites Policy for Rejecting Spot as Alliance for Climate Change Takes Tougher Tack By Mya Frazier Published: October 10, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- ABC has refused to run a TV spot from Al Gore's We Campaign that criticizes the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by oil companies on lobbyists and advertising campaigns in an attempt to "block clean energy." The ad in question, "Repower America," takes a decidedly subversive tone and indicates a marked shift in strategy from a campaign that launched in April with warm and fuzzy spots calling for bipartisan action on climate change, pairing strange political bedfellows such as Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich. Gore's 'civil disobedience' The We Campaign had asked to run the ad on ABC's "20/20" Sept. 26 episode. ABC informed the group it would not air the ad one... [read full story]
