“Controversy seems to follow me wherever I seek it.”
– Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert announced on The Colbert Report, on August 11, WOI, the local ABC affiliate in Des Moines, IA, had decided not to run the Colbert Super PAC ads. In an email sent to Colbert, an hour before the first ad was scheduled to air, the station declined because the ads were “confusing to voters.”
In true Colbert fashion, he proceeded to go on a rant against the “Midwestern Media Elite.”
“Confusing to Iowa voters?” Colbert retorted. “Really? We’re not talking about the dips&%ts over in Nebraska. This is Iowa. Unlike WOI, I believe that Iowa voters can understand even a complex message like: Go to the Ames Straw Poll – Write-in Perry – Spell it with an ‘A’.”
