Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Equality Florida: WFLA, Channel 8 (Media General Affilliate in Tampa) Airs One Hour Anti-Gay Propaganda

Advertisers are pulling their dollars from Media General - parent company of WFLA Ch 8 - in response to the media company's decision to air an hour-long infomercial of hateful anti-gay propaganda on St. Pete's Pride Day this year.

While other stations across the country rejected the hour-long hateful infomercial, Media General/WFLA management made the business decision to take a reported $35,000 while ignoring their responsibility to provide honest, balanced information.

So far, more than 917 EQFL members have reached out to Media General's advertisers asking them to pull their ad dollars in an amount equivalent to the $35,000 they made off the backs of Tampa Bay's LGBT community.

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