When you watch the Superbowl tomorrow (I won't be watching. Football isn't my thing. Even if it were, I'm boycotting CBS), there's a certain ad you won't see.

CBS - despite charges of censorship and appeals for fairness - contends it doesn't run advocacy ads on Superbowl Sunday and that's the reason it has declined to show one proposed by Move On. They said they've previously refused ads from organizations such as PETA. Perhaps the big wheels don't understand the fact that all ads are advocacy ads, urging the viewer to buy something or accept a certain viewpoint.

More likely, their decision is the result of blatant censorship.

Remember last summer when nearly a million citizens voiced objection to the FCC ruling that would have allowed big media to become even bigger? In response to that public outcry, members of the Senate on both sides of the aisle moved quickly to curtail the scope of that ruling. Some members, including Republicans and Democrats, were greatly surprised a few days later to learn that some of their colleagues had negotiated with President Bush to again expand the ruling.

Annoyed at this bypass of Democracy, legislators attempted to "fail" that action when it moved to the House. Tom Delay refused to allow a vote on the failure motion. The expanded empowerment for big media is hidden in a few paragraphs of legalize in the recently passed spending bill.

And, guess who the biggest beneficiaries of that ruling might be? Yep, Viacom, which owns CBS, and our Aussie friend, Rupert Murdoch.

The Move On ad is critical of the Bush administration. Not suprising that CBS should opt to refuse an ad which might help oust the friend of the rich and mighty.