by Walker Bennett, SF Author
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April 5, 2006

Will Fox News Be Banned From Census Money?

October 12, 2009 07:42 PM UTC
views: 0 | comments: 6
Hopefully they will be.
 Will Fox News Be Banned From Census Money?

The upcoming 2020 Census comes with a mega-budget for advertising to media companies to encourage citizens to participate – but some media companies may be banned if the Obama-run Census Bureau has its way.

But the Census Bureau also makes clear that media with “controversial talk” formats will be banned from getting any ad deals, as will other media that don’t fit the Census Bureau criteria. According to the Census, prejudice and bigotry are the biggest moral crimes and saying something bad about an imam can get you blacklisted.

Comments: 6

Linda G. Oct 12, 2009, 8:31pm UTC
all the major networks have strong biases, is it okay to give money o the left wing media but not the right?
Charles M. Oct 12, 2009, 8:35pm UTC
In a word. YES. Of course. Absolutely. Why not.

Linda G. Oct 12, 2009, 9:30pm UTC
The Obama view is the only accept American views, yes for free speech
Marilyn M. Oct 12, 2009, 9:03pm UTC
Since when did the Census Bureau become the thought police? Wow. Yes, they will probably not advertise the need for people to fill out the census forms on Fox. They'll be hoping that some of the conservatives will forget how important it is, so they can have a larger bunch of liberals responding.

Meanwhile, their guidelines also say they won't advertise on channels with reality shows. I wonder if that one will hold. Probably not.

Why do we have to spend millions and millions of dollars advertising "the census is coming, the census is coming" anyway?
Elizabeth Ann R. Oct 13, 2009, 1:49am UTC
I know the link says "the upcoming 2020 census," but I have a question. What happened to the 2010 census?

The census will be taken and life will go on. I do not know why they advertise the census even though I worked the 2000 census. It was a truly interesting experience.

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