yet another reason to dislike Clear Channel

[juldea]

Warning: this is a knee-jerk anti-Bush post.

A billboard recently put up in Orlando bearing a smiling photograph of President Bush with the words “Our Leader” is raising eyebrows among progressives who feel the poster is akin to that of propaganda used by tyrannical regimes.

RAW STORY confirmed the billboard’s existence Monday evening. At our behest, a member of an Orlando media organization drove past the billboard on two occasions and verified that it was indeed the one pictured.

The billboard pictured, which is on I-4, says that it is a “political public service message brought to you by Clear Channel Outdoor.”

Full text, pictures: http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=442

Comments

[siderea]

Rent? Clear Channel is the owner of the billboard. There is no question about equal time for opposing view points; if you want to put up an opposing billboard, build your own.

Clear Channel is a media company in several markets, primarily radio (owning hundreds of stations across the country) but also billboards, live theaters (e.g. the Charles Playhouse in Boston), and the advertising on taxi cabs.

Clear Channel is unabashedly pro-Bush, donating directly and through services such as holding pro-Bush rallies.
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