Fox News refuses to air anti-Alito ad
A great woman lawyer in our area (she knows who she is!) sent me this one: Fox News refuses to air anti-Alito ad November 23, 2005 Chicago Sun-Times
WASHINGTON -- Fox News is refusing to air an ad critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers' contention that the spot is factually incorrect.
A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network's decision reflects the political right's effort to shield President Bush's choice for the high court.
The ad says that as an appellate court judge, Alito has ''ruled to make it easier for corporations to discriminate . . . even voted to approve strip search of a 10-year-old girl.'' Referring to a document Alito wrote in 1985 while seeking a job in the Reagan administration, it quotes him as saying that ''the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.'' [...] More at http://tinyurl.com/bu2z8
© Virginia Metze
WASHINGTON -- Fox News is refusing to air an ad critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers' contention that the spot is factually incorrect.
A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network's decision reflects the political right's effort to shield President Bush's choice for the high court.
The ad says that as an appellate court judge, Alito has ''ruled to make it easier for corporations to discriminate . . . even voted to approve strip search of a 10-year-old girl.'' Referring to a document Alito wrote in 1985 while seeking a job in the Reagan administration, it quotes him as saying that ''the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.'' [...] More at http://tinyurl.com/bu2z8
© Virginia Metze
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