| Complaint |
Hearing
#
Year |
Decision |
Media |
Description |
| Refusal
to print political advertisement |
#3
1972
|
Not
Upheld |
Union
Advocate |
Unfair
rejection of ad (citing policy of accepting ads from only labor-endorsed
candidates) |
| Refusal
to print political advertisement |
#6
1973
|
Upheld |
Pipestone
County Star |
Unfair
rejection of an ad by one candidate but carrying ad by another
candidate in election week paper |
| Arbitrary
standards |
#19
1976
|
U/N |
Mpls
Star & Mpls Tribune |
Anti-abortion
group charges ads rejected by arbitrary standards (two papers
refused to print, as is, an ad listing abortion clinic's officers'
and sponsors' home addresses, phone numbers and names of spouses) |
| Unfairly
demanded changes, rejected ad |
#51
1983
|
Not
Upheld |
Austin
Daily Herald |
Unfairly
demanded changes in political ads, then refused to publish one
ad |
| Refused
to accept advertisements |
#58
1985
|
Not
Upheld* |
St.
Paul Pioneer Press |
Unfair
rejection of parody ad of Press ad (citing paper's investment
in its own promo ad); 2nd ad rejected as unauthorized by IR |
| Publishing
a false advertisement |
#60
1985
|
Upheld* |
Delano
Eagle |
Newspaper
published ad that had false info & did not acknowledge its
fault |
| Placement
of political ads indicates bias |
#61
1985
|
Not
Upheld* |
Waconia
Patriot, Carver County News, Norwood Times |
Candidate
complained that his ads were more often placed near back of issue,
which he considered unfavorable |
| Incorrect political ad late in campaign |
#72
1988 |
Not Upheld
Upheld |
Chisholm Free Press-Tribune |
- Opponent ran ad and open letter candidate says were inaccurate and paper should have checked
- Ad and letter run in last issue before election |
Story published same day as ad
Story was unbalanced |
#149
2007 |
Not
Upheld
Upheld
|
Bemidji Pioneer |
Citizens' group complained that a front page story criticizing their ad was unfair
|
