The Reuters news service has banned a United Methodist ad from appearing on their building in Times Square:
A $30,000 deal to bring a glitzy United Methodist ad campaign to the heart of Times Square has been rejected because of its religious content....
Church officials blasted the global media company for displaying ads for beer but rejecting messages about how people "can bring order and peace to their lives."
"Reuters is an international communications company that has decided it will be the arbiter of what the public sees and hears," said the Rev. Larry Hollon, chief executive of the church's Nashville-based communications agency.
What kind of content did Reuters think a Methodist ad would have when they signed the deal? And have any of you been to Times Square and seen the billboards? I have, and any sort of religious content certainly would seem out of place.
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