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CBS Pushes YouTube To Remove McCain Ad

  • TV Week, Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:15 AM

A John McCain campaign Web ad that used a 3-month-old clip of CBS News anchor Katie Couric has been pulled by YouTube, because of CBS' complaints. The YouTube page that contained the ad was replaced Wednesday with a message saying, "The video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS Interactive."

However, the ad, in which Couric appears to be decrying criticism of Sarah Palin, remained on the McCain campaign site. Incidentally, Couric was not talking about Palin in the podcast clip, but about critics of Hillary Clinton.

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