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The federal court ruled last week that select anti-Muslim bus ads are not allowed on buses in Washington state.

The proposed ad, which is running on buses in other states, shows photos of wanted terrorists and falsely claims the FBI is offers=ing a $25 million reward for one of their captures.

The American Freedom Defense Initiative tried to launch the ad campaign in King County and has said they will repeal the court decision.

The court said the ad was rejected because it’s message was false and violates policy:

“The FBI is not offering rewards at all, and the State Department offers a reward of at most $5 million, not $25 million, for the capture of one of the pictured terrorists,” the court said.

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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Neal Schindler
Neal Schindler
9 years ago

Embarrassing. Oof. Such ugly fear-mongering.

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