By August 22, 2008

Northwest Airlines has pulled political billboards depicting Minneapolis being targeted by nuclear weapons from their terminal in the Minneapolis airport. We wonder why. [NYT]

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  1. Elijah86 says:
    August 22, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    Ack the link is down!

  2. Elijah86 says:
    August 22, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    [www.nytimes.com]

  3. BeeBoo says:
    August 22, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    It wasn’t Northwest’s ad. Northwest complained about a billboard placed by the Union of Concerned Scientists for the upcoming convention.

    [www.nytimes.com]

    Shame on Northwest Airlines.

  4. Elijah86 says:
    August 22, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Irony, my link also was the wrong one.

  5. wildbill says:
    August 22, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    anybody got a picture of the ad?

  6. varro says:
    August 22, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Northwest should put up billboards with enhanced signage to the restrooms for any closeted Republicans who want to take a Wide Stance.

    Also, I assume the hookers in the City Paper will be doing bang-up business during the convention…

  7. MercuryPDX says:
    August 22, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    @waleeper:

    Thanks Imageshack

  8. West Coast Secessionist says:
    August 22, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    There’s nothing wrong with that ad.

    How freaking sensitive are people?

    Has there ever been a nuclear attack on US soil to make people skittish about this? Nope.

    “OMG we can’t talk about nuclear weapons. They’re SCARY.” What are we, a nation of 4-year-olds? And don’t tell me it could scare children. Kids old enough to read would get bored before they bothered to try to discern the meaning. Kids too young to read wouldn’t get it.

    I can see how an ad for Tide detergent or something shouldn’t be using nuclear fear to scare you into buying it. However, when the topic is nuclear proliferation, exactly how is this inappropriate?

  9. Michael Belisle says:
    August 23, 2008 at 2:15 am

    @BeeBoo: @West Coast Secessionist: The article pretty clearly explains that it was a contract violation.

    Ms. Lee, of Northwest, said that Clear Channel had erred in permitting the billboard to go up in the first place in Minneapolis, because the contract with the airport authority states, “Under no circumstances shall displays embody controversial, social, moral, political or ethical issues.”

    So as much as I agree with the issue, it touches on just about all of those.

  10. RoboSheep says:
    August 29, 2008 at 12:24 am

    Daisy girl?