TV Stations in 2 States Yank American Action Network Ads

At least two television stations in Connecticut and Colorado have yanked misleading attack ads in the last 24 hours financed by the conservative group American Action Network. Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) was the target of an ad taken off the air by Hartford's Fox affiliate. Among other accusations, the ad noted that the new health-care overhaul would force "jail time for anyone without coverage." Rep Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), another American Action Network target, reports that a Denver-based NBC affiliate has pulled a second ad off the air because it alleged Rep Perlmutter voted for a provision of the healthcare law that would provide federal funding to give rapists Viagra. While at least two stations have had problems with the ads, other stations, sometimes in the same markets, are running the same, or very similar commercials.