Conservative group funds local pro-DeLay ads
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram posted the following Associated Press story to its website yesterday:
An anti-tax group said Tuesday it will run television ads likening the media and their reporting on Majority Leader Tom DeLay to sharks in a feeding frenzy.The ads will run on select television stations nationally, including in Houston, close to DeLay's hometown in Texas, the group said.
The ads were purchased by Free Enterprise Fund, a nonprofit group that advocates for economic growth through lower taxes and limited government.
The Houston Chronicle, which published a story by reporter Matt Stiles about an anti-DeLay group's purchase of two billboard ads in Houston earlier this month, has not posted the AP story or a story of its own.
In my view, it's of questionable news importance that an individual interest group is advertising for or against a politician, but in the interest of balance, it would seem that advertising by interest groups supportive of a politician is as newsworthy as advertising by interest groups critical of that politician.
The Chronicle did post a story today by Samantha Levine about a Pew Center survey that illustrates Americans aren't that interested in the DeLay story to this point, despite the Democratic and media firestorm that lasted several weeks.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/18/05 10:24 AM | Print |
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