Cox intimidated by Drake lawyers

By: Rob
Published On: 6/19/2006 12:00:00 PM

Moveon.org has been savaging Thelma Drake with ads describing her record.  The latest ad describes how Drake has taken contributions from defense contractor PACs, then voted in their favor to stop penalties against war profiteering.

One letter from Drake's lawyers is all it took to get Cox to pull the ad.

"We received a letter from a local law firm," Pamela Marino, a Cox spokeswoman, confirmed Sunday afternoon. "After serious consideration
and consultation, Cox Hampton Roads has decided to temporarily suspend rotation of the MoveOn.org commercial." . . .

A letter challenging the accuracy of the newest ad was sent to Cox on Friday.

The cable company suspended the ads that evening.

The Drake camp claims that the ad "distorts" Drake's record to "suggest" she doesn't support the troops.  Thou does protest too much!  Seriously, though, the ad seems to just point out truthful facts about her record and donor base - which was substantiated beforehand here.

So why is Cox so scared off?  In that brief window of "serious  consideration," did they look into the facts already presented to them that back up the ad?

Comments



Thank God! (DanG - 6/19/2006 5:08:54 PM)
Those commercials have had a tremendously negative effect on Kellam's Campaign.  Get rid of the ads!


please elaborate (Rob - 6/19/2006 8:56:35 PM)
do you have anything to back that up, because it sounds like you've bit on a right wing talking point.

last I say, moveon was touting polls showing they brought kellam to a tie with drake - a biased news release by them, but I haven't seen any hard evidence refuting their claim.