This is disgusting. CBS is refusing to air an ad by Moveon.org that criticizes the Bush administration during today's Super Bowl.

As the Boston Globe wrote in a January 29th editorial, "Too bad the fine new MoveOn.org TV ad attacking the deficit created by President Bush won't be seen on the CBS broadcast of the Super Bowl this Sunday. It belongs there -- as does the opposing view. What better place for a contest of ideologies than in this annual extravaganza of excess that is as much about selling commercial images as it is about the guts and grit of football. CBS would provide a much needed public service at the start of this presidential year by selling some Super Bowl air time to opposing political advocates who, with spots as clever as any for a razor or a computer, might jolt blase voters into caring."

Several members of the House of Representatives agreed and signed a letter to CBS.

Ugh. CBS will show ads by the Bush White House, beer companies, and tobacco companies...yet refuse to air an ad by Moveon or PETA? I don't necessarily agree with PETA, but I think they should be able to spend a ridiculous amount ($1.5 million?) on an ad and have it aired just like everyone else