TV STATIONS PULL ATTACK AD AGAINST STEVE KING

EIGHT IOWA TV STATIONS INCLUDING THREE IN SIOUX CITY ARE REFUSING TO AIR ADS BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES LEGISLATIVE FUND ATTACKING IOWA CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING.

THE AD ALLEGES KING OPPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO BAN PEOPLE FROM TAKING CHILDREN TO ANIMAL FIGHTS.

IT FAILS TO STATE THAT KING TESTIFIED ON THE AMENDMENT IN QUESTION THAT HE OPPOSES ANY KIND OF ANIMAL FIGHTING. KING SAYS THE GROUP IS ATTACKING HIM BECAUSE HE HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THE H-S-U-S OPPOSES:



KING SAYS THE H-S-U-S DOES NOT OPERATE LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS, AND HE WOULD RATHER SEE PEOPLE DONATE MONEY TO THEIR LOCAL SHELTERS:

KCAU, KTIV AND KMEG IN SIOUX CITY, AS WELL AS W-H-O, KCCI AND W-O-I IN DES MOINES AND KIMT AND KAAL FROM THE MASON CITY AREA HAVE PULLED THE ADS.

A STATEMENT FROM RAY COLE, PRESIDENT OF CITADEL BROADCASTING, WHICH OWNS KCAU AND W-O-I SAYS WE HAVE OPTED TO NOT RUN THE SPOT BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE BELIEVE THE MESSAGE IS PATENTLY FALSE.

SAM ROECKER, SPOKESMAN FOR CHRISTIE VILSACK'S CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN OPPOSING KING, SAYS ANY FALSE AND MISLEADING AD SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE AIR, INCLUDING THE TWO HE SAYS ATTACK CHRISTIE VILSACK.

ROECKER SAYS THOSE ADS ARE FROM THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS AND A MEDICARE RELATED AD BY THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.