GOP Runs Paid Ads Against CNN and NBC

Published August 12, 2013 12:23pm ET



The Republican National Committee says it’s putting its money where its mouth is by running paid ads against CNN and NBC over the networks’ plans to run a documentary (CNN) and mini-series (NBC) on Hillary Clinton ahead of the 2016 presidential election, a spokesman for the RNC says.

“[T]he RNC is taking it right to CNN and NBC by buying promoted YouTube ads on CNN and NBC YouTube sites with video of the chairman calling on the networks to dump the docs or lose debates,” says an RNC spokesman. “It’s basically us putting money where our mouth is.”

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