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Ex-Miramax VP: NBC Decision Not To Air Dixie Chicks Ad ‘Insults Americans’ Intelligence’

By Dylan on October 27, 2006 3:44 PM

nbc_dixie_chicks_sm.jpgAndrew Stengel, a former vice president at Miramax Films and New York’s director of People For the Amercian Way, which co-sponsored Shut Up & Sing‘s New York premiere:

“This apparent NBC decision insults Americans’ intelligence. Why doesn’t NBC think viewers deserve to hear differing views?”

NBC, get ready for 900,000 letters from PFAW members, Stengel says.

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