SUPER BOWL AD FEATURING GAY FAMILY REJECTED
By KNBC
Los Angeles NBC affiliate KNBC refused to air a paid ad produced by GetToKnowUsFirst.org featuring a gay family and supporting marriage equality during Super Bowl programming. KNBC stated that it had shown the ad to the legal department of the National Football League (NFL), which rejected it for being "advocacy," a category they claim to exclude. Despite this policy, other advocacy ads aired multiple times throughout the day's NFL-controlled programming. Among the advocacy ads which did air were PSAs for TobaccoFreeCA.org and DontBeAnAsterisk.org, an anti-steroids advocacy campaign.
The rejected thirty-second public service announcement (PSA) features two married African American men raising five children ages 6 to 25.
Broadcaster claims NFL excluded "advocacy" PSAs, yet other advocacy ads air. Double standards anyone?
