{"id":821,"date":"2008-10-15T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T21:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/15\/comcast-pulls-false-political-tv-political-ad\/"},"modified":"2008-10-15T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T23:02:06","slug":"comcast-pulls-false-political-tv-political-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/821\/comcast-pulls-false-political-tv-political-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast Pulls False Political TV Political Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sf_realtors.jpg\" alt=\"sf_realtors.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA false $84,000 TV ad sponsored by the San Francisco Realtors Association<br \/>\nhas been pulled off the air by Comcast following a complaint filed<br \/>\nby District 3 candidate David Chiu with the Ethics Commission.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From the campaign to elect David Chiu to District 3 Supervisor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>October 15, 2008<\/p>\n<p>In response to an Ethics Complaint filed by District 3 Board of Supervisors candidate David Chiu yesterday, the COMCAST cable television company this morning announced it has pulled an $84,000 TV political attack ad off the air because the group sponsoring the ad failed to substantiate its false attacks on David Chiu.<\/p>\n<p>An email from COMCAST to the David Chiu campaign this morning stated: &ldquo;As of this morning, the ad has been suspended and off the air. S.F. Realtors Association must now provide substantiation to back up their claims or provide a new ad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Special interests are trying to mislead, manipulate, and in this case blatantly lie to voters to turn City Hall into a rubber stamp for their agenda,&rdquo; said candidate David Chiu. &ldquo;I ask our San Francisco voters to stand with me to reject a tired, McCain\/Palin-style of politics based on lies and false smears, and to elect Supervisors who will stand up to special interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/milk_club_d3_candidates_debate_080701\/mw2w1486_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nCandidate for San Francisco District 3 Supervisor David Chiu. <strong><br \/>\nPhoto by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Yesterday, Chiu filed a formal complaint with the S.F. Ethics Commission against COMCAST and the S.F. Realtors Association because the television attack ads, which began broadcasting on Monday, falsely claim that Chiu supports legalizing prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>David Chiu is a former criminal prosecutor who publicly announced his opposition to the measure on the S.F. November 2008 ballot which would decriminalize prostitution, Proposition K, at a public meeting of the S.F. Democratic County Central Committee on August 13, 2008 that was widely reported in the media. He is also listed on the No on Prop K website as an opponent of the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethics Complaint stated that the ad violates Section 1.163.5 of the S.F. 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