September 6, 2005
NY Fox Affiliate refuses to air anti-Bush campaign ad for local Democrat, AP
By Sara Kugler
Associated Press
September 6, 2005, 4:38 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- The Fox affiliate television station rejected a campaign commercial for a Democrat running in a local race, and the candidate alleges it's because the ad slams President Bush.
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Posted by John at September 6, 2005 6:22 PM
NYC TV Station Refuses Gay Candidate's Ad, Gay365.com
by Doug Windsor
365Gay.com
September 6, 2005
(New York City) Fox television has refused to run a campaign ad for Brian Ellner, a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president.
Ellner says that Fox5 told the campaign that the ad, which features a picture of President Bush superimposed on the body of a naked wrinkled man's torso is disrespectful and in poor taste. While the picture appears an announcer says "the emperor has no clothes."
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Posted by John at September 6, 2005 6:06 PM
Channel 5 Rejects Anti-Bush Ad of Borough President Candidate, NY Times
by Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
September 6, 2005
A local television station, WNYW/Channel 5, is refusing to run a provocative advertisement promoting a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president. And the campaign of the candidate, Brian Ellner, is charging that the station is doing so because the spot takes a swipe at President Bush.
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Posted by John at September 6, 2005 1:40 PM
Broadcaster affiliate refuses Bush 'no clothes' ad, Reuters
By Claudia Parsons
Reuters
September 6, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A local affiliate of broadcaster Fox News has rejected a campaign advertisement for a Democratic politician that lampoons President George W. Bush by superimposing his head on a naked torso.
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Posted by John at September 6, 2005 1:08 PM
September 1, 2005
Out the Vote, Time Out New York
by Beth Greenfield
August 31, 2005
Time Out New York
Click the image above to read the full article.
Posted by John at September 1, 2005 8:46 PM
Brian Ellner grabs media spotlight, Gay City News
September 1 - 7, 2005
Gay City News
In a statement of gay pride that was also a brilliant political stroke, Brian Ellner, a gay attorney and former elected community school board president running in the crowded September 13 Democratic Party primary for Manhattan borough president, released a television ad this week that he believes is the first time in city history that a gay candidate has gone on the air with his or her partner in a campaign commercial. Others said it might have been the first time it’s ever happened in the nation.
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Posted by John at September 1, 2005 7:42 PM
August 29, 2005
An Openly Gay Candidate Is Openly Paired in an Ad, NY Times
by Jim Rutenberg
August 29, 2005
NY Times
Watch the ad that everyone's talking about right now!
Brian Ellner, a candidate in the crowded race for Manhattan borough president, has created what he believes will be the first televised campaign commercial in New York City's history in which an openly gay politician appears with his partner.
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Posted by John at August 29, 2005 1:04 AM
