My(Censored)Space

On the night of an *important* presidential address, MySpace's censorship of an ad doesn't seem very newsworthy. Still, it struck me funny that a Rupert Murdoch News Corp. entity refused to post an ad from Common Cause that encourages communication with the FCC about the dangers of media consolidation. Sure, Rupert is the targeted bad guy in one or two of the ads, but the campaign's larger point is about the control that large media conglomerates have over the dispersal of ideas and information. You've got to agree with Common Cause that this refusal demonstrates their point. (You can view all the ads here.)

I tried to do some research into MySpace's advertising policy to see if perhaps they don't post ads of a political nature at all, but there was little information to be had. If they don't have such a policy, then they're just censoring cowards. But, if this is their advertising rule-of-thumb, then they may be justified in refusing this ad, but they're still cowards.