Monday, September 15, 2008

CBS Orders YouTube To Pull McCain "Lipstick" Ad

CBS Orders YouTube To Pull McCain "Lipstick" Ad

CBS News has forced YouTube to remove an online ad by John McCain's campaign that the network described as "misleading" in its use of Katie Couric.

The ad titled "Lipstick" says that Barack Obama implied McCain running mate Sarah Palin of being a lipstick-wearing pig. At the end of the ad it features a quote from Couric that laments the "continued and accepted role of sexism in American life." Couric at the time was referring to Democratic Primary coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton.

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