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ABC Refused to Air Clean Energy Ad - Speak Out!
Target: ABC
Sponsored by: Alliance for Climate Protection - This is Reality
Sponsored by: Alliance for Climate Protection - This is Reality
ABC recently refused to run Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America ad, even though they run ads from oil companies like Chevron and Exxon that mislead the American people about the role fossil fuels play in the climate crisis.
The Repower America ad has a clear and simple message -- that massive spending by oil and coal companies on advertising is a key reason our nation hasn't switched to clean and renewable sources for our energy.
Ask ABC to reconsider their decision and air Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America ad.
The Repower America ad has a clear and simple message -- that massive spending by oil and coal companies on advertising is a key reason our nation hasn't switched to clean and renewable sources for our energy.
Ask ABC to reconsider their decision and air Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America ad.
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# 8,154:
6:33 pm PDT, Jul 5,
Karen Friend, Connecticut
# 8,153:
4:52 pm PDT, Jul 5,
John Webb, California
# 8,152:
4:39 pm PDT, Jul 5,
Addison Jenrette, Florida
# 8,151:
3:32 pm PDT, Jul 5,
Aaron Ingebrigtsen, Arizona
I understand that advertisement air time is expensive, and that it's bad for business to tick off any of your big customers, but, wouldn't it be nice if corporations did the Right thing, for the sake of being Ethical and a positive part of society, rather than just the financially logical thing? You know, life is too short, we all want to succeed, but is it really worth it to basically give up any kind of moral character, for the sake of the all mighty dollar? Please, show me and everyone else that Corporate America isn't always all about the bottom line, that at least someone is willing to stand out in the crowd, and take a risk to do what's right.
I understand that advertisement air time is expensive, and that it's bad for business to tick off any of your big customers, but, wouldn't it be nice if corporations did the Right thing, for the sake of being Ethical and a positive part of society, rather than just the financially logical thing? You know, life is too short, we all want to succeed, but is it really worth it to basically give up any kind of moral character, for the sake of the all mighty dollar? Please, show me and everyone else that Corporate America isn't always all about the bottom line, that at least someone is willing to stand out in the crowd, and take a risk to do what's right.
# 8,150:
2:49 pm PDT, Jul 5,
Dave Kisor, Hawaii
So long as your ad states "we're the American people and we approve of this ad," you are guilty of fraudulent advertising, because you are not the American people, but a small sampling of a much larger population who do not approve of that ad. I most certainly don't.
So long as your ad states "we're the American people and we approve of this ad," you are guilty of fraudulent advertising, because you are not the American people, but a small sampling of a much larger population who do not approve of that ad. I most certainly don't.
# 8,149:
1:56 pm PDT, Jul 5,
Name not displayed, California
# 8,148:
12:18 pm PDT, Jul 5,
Marc Rubin, New Jersey
# 8,147:
10:58 am PDT, Jul 5,
Karen Obrien, South Carolina
# 8,146:
10:01 am PDT, Jul 5,
David Warkentin, California
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9:54 am PDT, Jul 5,
Don Johnson, Washington
# 8,144:
9:26 am PDT, Jul 5,
Christie Allen, Ohio
# 8,143:
9:12 am PDT, Jul 5,
Maria Ionescu, Michigan
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6:21 am PDT, Jul 5,
Rachanee Gregory, Pennsylvania
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3:54 am PDT, Jul 5,
Susan Gordon, New York
# 8,140:
2:02 pm PDT, Jul 4,
Norm Tolonen, Oregon
# 8,139:
1:57 pm PDT, Jul 4,
Margarita Sanchez, California
If you are not supporting Climate Protection, then ou are against it.
If you are not supporting Climate Protection, then ou are against it.
# 8,138:
11:05 am PDT, Jul 4,
Karina Valles, Florida
# 8,137:
4:25 am PDT, Jul 4,
Janet Kennedy, United Kingdom
It should be against the law to take sides for money especially when the side you take is so definitely the wrong one. I could understand if you stopped oil and coal company advertisements as they pollute and destroy lives, but stopping an advertisement that is promoting clean energy for the good of all life is just plain WRONG.
It should be against the law to take sides for money especially when the side you take is so definitely the wrong one. I could understand if you stopped oil and coal company advertisements as they pollute and destroy lives, but stopping an advertisement that is promoting clean energy for the good of all life is just plain WRONG.
# 8,136:
8:45 pm PDT, Jul 3,
Amy Barbagallo, Illinois
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5:26 pm PDT, Jul 3,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 8,134:
12:38 pm PDT, Jul 3,
Alexander Matheson, Massachusetts
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10:57 am PDT, Jul 3,
Rodrigo Oliva, Chile
# 8,132:
10:37 am PDT, Jul 3,
Name not displayed, California
# 8,131:
9:11 am PDT, Jul 3,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Boycotting ABC until this changes! Plain and simple.
Boycotting ABC until this changes! Plain and simple.
# 8,130:
8:27 am PDT, Jul 3,
Lambros Simatos, Greece
# 8,129:
6:16 am PDT, Jul 3,
Hussain Jabbari, Bahrain
# 8,128:
5:30 am PDT, Jul 3,
Deborah Smith, Delaware
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4:49 am PDT, Jul 3,
Sergio Alejos Hernández, Spain
# 8,126:
8:27 pm PDT, Jul 2,
David Strong, Massachusetts
# 8,125:
8:24 pm PDT, Jul 2,
Jon Remley, Alabama
# 8,124:
8:04 pm PDT, Jul 2,
Name not displayed, Australia
Please bring truth to the people, fair expression, for the good of humanity.
Please bring truth to the people, fair expression, for the good of humanity.
# 8,123:
7:59 pm PDT, Jul 2,
Christian Rudolph, Connecticut
Your station routinely broadcasts Republican ads. It's time to air an ad that is a rebuttal to the Global Warming deniers out there. What is the problem here? Is ABC that partisan? Should I start a campaign to expose ABC's partisanship? Don't be sellouts to the right wing. Show some balance in your advertising.
Your station routinely broadcasts Republican ads. It's time to air an ad that is a rebuttal to the Global Warming deniers out there. What is the problem here? Is ABC that partisan? Should I start a campaign to expose ABC's partisanship? Don't be sellouts to the right wing. Show some balance in your advertising.
# 8,122:
7:46 pm PDT, Jul 2,
Karen Dermidoff, Michigan
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7:01 pm PDT, Jul 2,
Karol Krzywon, New Jersey
# 8,120:
8:50 am PDT, Jul 2,
Summer Henderson, New Hampshire
# 8,119:
8:07 am PDT, Jul 2,
Rachel M Hervey PHN, California
Please, stop being slaves to "BIG OIL" ! Do you want history to record you "ABC" as helping kill off man-kind just to make more money because you refused to try to educate people so they could be foreworned, again, of the postive danger. Fact- You run ads from oil companies. Isn't that discrimination? Sincerely.
Please, stop being slaves to "BIG OIL" ! Do you want history to record you "ABC" as helping kill off man-kind just to make more money because you refused to try to educate people so they could be foreworned, again, of the postive danger. Fact- You run ads from oil companies. Isn't that discrimination? Sincerely.
# 8,118:
7:13 am PDT, Jul 2,
Brigitte Tawa, Colorado
# 8,117:
6:45 am PDT, Jul 2,
Elisa Young, Ohio
It is shameful that polluting fossil fuel industries that risk our health and environment are allowed to buy air time on ABC, but an organization working for the betterment of our world and protection of our climate are barred from such. Did you know that smoking a pack of cigarettes a day raises our risk of dying from cancer to 100 in 100,000? Cigarettes are banned from public advertising because they are responsible for premature deaths. I live in a rural, remote farming community that is surrounded by 4 coal-fired power plants. Industry is trying to add 5 more, bringing the total to a national record - 9 in an slightly over a 10-mile radius. Exposure to coal ash waste like we have in my community raises the death rate to 900 in 100,000. Coal is a 9 pack-a-day habit. Quite simply coal kills. We have the highest lung cancer death rate in the state, highest asthma, and shortest life expectancy. http://www.vimeo.com/2229549 Please reconsider your decision and do the right, responsible thing. My community is paying with their lives for polluting industry. Please help protect us from further degradation by polluting industry. Air Repower America's ad this Friday on 20/20. Sincerely, Elisa Young www.meigscan.org
It is shameful that polluting fossil fuel industries that risk our health and environment are allowed to buy air time on ABC, but an organization working for the betterment of our world and protection of our climate are barred from such. Did you know that smoking a pack of cigarettes a day raises our risk of dying from cancer to 100 in 100,000? Cigarettes are banned from public advertising because they are responsible for premature deaths. I live in a rural, remote farming community that is surrounded by 4 coal-fired power plants. Industry is trying to add 5 more, bringing the total to a national record - 9 in an slightly over a 10-mile radius. Exposure to coal ash waste like we have in my community raises the death rate to 900 in 100,000. Coal is a 9 pack-a-day habit. Quite simply coal kills. We have the highest lung cancer death rate in the state, highest asthma, and shortest life expectancy. http://www.vimeo.com/2229549 Please reconsider your decision and do the right, responsible thing. My community is paying with their lives for polluting industry. Please help protect us from further degradation by polluting industry. Air Repower America's ad this Friday on 20/20. Sincerely, Elisa Young www.meigscan.org
# 8,116:
6:25 am PDT, Jul 2,
Tanja Kovacic, Slovenia
# 8,115:
6:08 am PDT, Jul 2,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
The ad says it all, "we're the American people and we approve this message." Since the American people pay the salaries of all the ABC employees, perhaps it would be due diligence for ABC to listen to the "payroll department".
The ad says it all, "we're the American people and we approve this message." Since the American people pay the salaries of all the ABC employees, perhaps it would be due diligence for ABC to listen to the "payroll department".
# 8,114:
5:54 am PDT, Jul 2,
Dimitri Putilin, North Carolina
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5:24 am PDT, Jul 2,
Diana Samalot, Florida
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4:54 am PDT, Jul 2,
Jennifer L Krouchick, Pennsylvania
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4:23 am PDT, Jul 2,
Natalia Kovalyova, Russian Federation
# 8,110:
9:25 pm PDT, Jul 1,
ANNE Smith martin, California
The public only hears one side of the story because corp interests have an "in" with broadcasters. You owe it to the viewing public to air this ad.
The public only hears one side of the story because corp interests have an "in" with broadcasters. You owe it to the viewing public to air this ad.
# 8,109:
7:14 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Kaley Frank, Wisconsin
# 8,108:
6:49 pm PDT, Jul 1,
DEBORAH SMITH, Virginia
By refusing to air advertising from both sides of the energy debate, you are taking responsibility for protoming one side's agenda. Do you really want to take a role in preventing the nation's exploration of and conversion to 'clean energy' alternatives? Conversion to 'clean energy' will not only begin to reduce our dependence on other countries for our fuel, it will create new industries which will foster economic recovery and growth. This issue is about far more than any politics involved in maintaining your advertising income stream. It's about the life blood of American industry and way of life.
By refusing to air advertising from both sides of the energy debate, you are taking responsibility for protoming one side's agenda. Do you really want to take a role in preventing the nation's exploration of and conversion to 'clean energy' alternatives? Conversion to 'clean energy' will not only begin to reduce our dependence on other countries for our fuel, it will create new industries which will foster economic recovery and growth. This issue is about far more than any politics involved in maintaining your advertising income stream. It's about the life blood of American industry and way of life.
# 8,107:
4:20 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Emma H, Texas
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4:04 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Allan Young, California
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3:32 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Kevin O'Hagen, New York
# 8,104:
2:30 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Brad Snyder, Minnesota
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2:09 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Louie Cervantes, Texas
# 8,102:
12:42 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Kristan Kincade, Washington
It is disgusting that ABC will take all the money it can from oil companys and corporations who don't give a damn about how many people they kill.
It is disgusting that ABC will take all the money it can from oil companys and corporations who don't give a damn about how many people they kill.
# 8,101:
12:12 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Mayra Vivo Torres, United Kingdom