Black media seek share of ordered tobacco ads
RICHMOND — Black media outlets want the nation’s tobacco companies to run court-ordered advertisements in their publications and news sites as part of a lawsuit charging that the industry lied about the dangers of smoking.
In a brief in the US District Court in Washington, D.C., ahead of a Wednesday hearing in the case, the National Newspaper Publishers Association and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters argued that the ads should be disseminated through their outlets because the black community has been disproportionally targeted by tobacco companies and harmed by smoking. The groups are asking the court to consider adding its outlets to the list of newspapers, TV stations, and websites where the so-called corrective statements are to be published. The statements also are to accompany cigarette packages.
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