Update on Tebow/CBS commercial during Super Bowl

Update from CBS on the Tebow commercial. Those complaining need
to shut up and just get out of the way. Don't watch the game, they can
boycott CBS if  the feel the need to, try to make a 'positive commercial
about abortion(thanks Candice!) and see how that would fly. We still have
free speech in this country

The response from CBS

CBS responded to complaints over a conservative group's planned Super Bowl ad featuring football star Tim Tebow by saying that it had eased restrictions on advocacy ads and would consider "responsibly produced" ones for open spots in its Feb. 7 broadcast.


FOX SPORTS POLL Should CBS air the Tebow ad? 73% Yes 27%
This is as of 3:20 PM Left coast time, 01/26/2010


CBS said Tuesday it had received numerous e-mails -- both critical and supportive -- since a coalition of women's groups began a protest campaign Monday against the ad, which the critics say will use Tebow and his mother to convey an anti-abortion message.

Funded by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, the 30-second ad is expected to recount the story of Pam Tebow's pregnancy in 1987. After getting sick during a mission trip to the Philippines, she ignored a recommendation by doctors to abort her fifth child. She later gave birth to Tim, who won the 2007 Heisman Trophy and helped his Florida team win two BCS championships.


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