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Thursday, April 30, 2015
New York MTA Bans All Issue Advertising After Court Orders Acceptance of Anti-Islam Ad
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday adopted a resolution barring all political and issue advertising on subways and buses. The move comes in response to a federal district court's ruling last week requiring the Authority to accept an ad that refers to "killing Jews" as part of Islam's jihad. (See prior posting.) According to CBS New York, MTA's general counsel explained that "Advertisements expressing viewpoint messages, regardless of the viewpoint being expressed, would no longer be accepted." Opposing the ban, an ACLU spokesman said: "The New York City transit system is our public square." However MTA board member Charles Moerdler argued that the MTA "is a transportation agency, it is not an agency that provides a platform for hatemongers."
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Free speech,
New York