Looks like they've pulled the ad, or haven't started running it; here's another, but it looks like the media is refusing to run it and McCain doesn't like it either (to his credit).
North Carolina TV blocks anti-Obama attack ad
April 25, 2008 12:27pm
US television stations have refused to run a controversial Republican ad attacking Democratic candidate Barack Obama and those who support him.
The ad has been running in North Carolina, which votes along with Indiana on May 7 (Australian time) in the next contests in the marathon Democratic presidential nomination contest.
It features excerpts of the sermon by Senator Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which exploded onto the campaign agenda last month after it appeared on the internet. Rev. Wright is shown saying "God damn America".
The ad criticises local Democrats for endorsing Senator Obama, who it says is "just too extreme for North Carolina". Republican nominee John McCain has distanced himself from the ad, but the state branch of the party has vowed not to pull it.
However some TV bosses have decided the ad is "offensive" - and possibly even racist, according to a report in the
Charlotte Observer.
"I just don't think it's appropriate to be on our air," said the general manager of a station in Charlotte, the state's most populous city. "I think it's offensive, and I'm not real comfortable with the implications around race."
Another station in the capital, Raleigh, has also refused to run the ad.
A Republican spokesman said the party was being censored. "You're going down a very dark path that could end up saying, 'These are the kinds of things you can say in a political debate, and these are the kinds of things you can't,'" he said.
He said the party would keep looking for other stations to run the ad. Senator Obama is ahead of rival Hillary Clinton in polls in North Carolina, while the candidates are neck-and-neck in Indiana.
North Carolina TV blocks anti-Obama attack ad | NEWS.com.au