Michigan Station Takes Blame For Return Of Racially-Charged Hoekstra Ad

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A Flint, Michigan TV station has taken responsibility for the return of former Rep. Pete Hoekstra’s (R-MI) racially-charged TV ad to the airwaves. 

A statement from Al Blinke, general manager of WNEM-TV, sent over by the Hoekstra campaign:

“WNEM accepts full responsibility for the incident which was a simple miscommunication.  The order for a new round of advertising came in before the new ad did.  Someone misinterpreted the order and began executing the new order with the old ad.  We’ve spoken with the Hoekstra campaign and they understand it was a mistake.”

 
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