The Dixie Chicks aren’t the only ones not ready to make nice.
Perhaps fearing White House retribution, NBC and the CW have reportedly refused to air ads for the documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing, according to the film’s distributor, the Weinstein Co.
Harvey Weinstein, who runs the Weinstein Co. along with his brother, Bob, accused both networks of restricting free speech.
According to a Weinstein release, NBC wrote it “cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush,” while the CW allegedly made the excuse that it did “not have the appropriate programming in which to schedule this spot.”
“It’s a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America,” Weinstein said.
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