Fox News Channel Rejects Danny Glover Guantanamo Ad

Center for Constitutional Rights' Spot Using Metaphor to Explain Erosion of
Rights Gets Snubbed

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Fox News Channel has denied
the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) the opportunity to advertise on the
national news network. The ad, which features actor Danny Glover, shows a
replica of the Constitution being shredded and issues a call to action for all
Americans to learn more about basic Constitutional rights.

The ad can be seen at http://www.BeyondGuantanamo.org.

The spot was to air in conjunction with the December 5 oral arguments in the
Supreme Court cases of Al Odah v. U.S. and Boumediene v. Bush, of which CCR is
a part. The suit will determine the legal future for the men and boys detained
at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and whether there is a fundamental
right to habeas corpus - a fair hearing before a real court - when you are
thrown in jail.

"Our ad is about reminding Americans of their Constitutional rights that have
been chipped away by the Bush administration," said CCR Executive Director
Vincent Warren. "This rejection is but another example of how Americans are
shielded from the truth about Guantanamo and the implications of the war on
terror."

The ad will be running on CNN and MSNBC, but in its rejection letter the Fox
News Channel cited that the claims of the ad could not be substantiated.

"We cannot approve the spot with it being Danny Glover's opinion that the Bush
Adminstration [sic] is destroying the Constitution. If you have documentation
that it is indeed being destroyed, we can look at that," said Erin Kelly, a
Fox News Channel official, in correspondence with CCR. The story appears on
the Media Matters web site.

"Fox's literal interpretation of the ad is utterly ridiculous," Warren said.
"To believe we are insinuating that President Bush has destroyed one of our
most treasured historical documents is foolish and emblematic of the political
bias of Murdoch's media empire. Surely there are other advertisements that Fox
airs that use metaphors to express their message--political or not."

Both Danny Glover and Vince Warren are available for comment.

More:
The Center for Constitutional Rights has been leading the fight over
Guantanamo for the last six years. CCR attorneys were among the first legal
professionals to visit the base, and they currently represent more than 200
men and boys detained there. Just last month they became the first attorneys
to meet with a former CIA "ghost" detainee, who reappeared last year at
Guantanamo after being held at a secret CIA prison.

CCR's "Beyond Guantanamo" campaign is working to bring national awareness to
the issues surrounding this landmark case. Notably, television ads are running
this week on CNN and MSNBC, as well as a print ad in the Wall Street Journal.
The "Beyond Guantanamo" campaign has also helped tens of thousands of people
to send the President an early holiday present--a copy of the Constitution.

CONTACT: Jen Nessel of the Center for Constitutional Rights, +1-212-614-6449,
JNessel@ccr-ny.org

SOURCE The Center for Constitutional Rights

Jen Nessel of the Center for Constitutional Rights, +1-212-614-6449,
JNessel@ccr-ny.org