Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Boston ad agency pulled ads about Palestinian land loss after ADL complained, ‘Globe’ reports


The other day we reported that the Boston transit authority had pulled down ads demonstrating the loss of Palestinian lands to Israel since the creation of the Jewish state. Well, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation authority (MBTA) has been shamed for censorship, and is putting the ads back up.

In Lisa Wangsness and Martine Powers’s reporting for the Boston Globe, notice how little was required to cause the outdoor advertising agency to censor the ads– from the evidence, just a call from the Anti-Defamation League, which was then informed the ads were coming down .... http://mondoweiss.net