Chris Goldstein interviews Steve Bloom: eBay pulls High Times and CBS says no to NORML
From: Chris Goldstein
Length: 00:13:54
Chris Goldstein interviews Steve Bloom of celebstoner.com - Back issues of High Time magazine were pulled from eBay and CBS turned down a Times Square advertisement from NORML.
Last year PayPal dropped some NORML Chapters from it's service. Bloom's celebstoner.com was also shut out of PayPal in December.
Inexplicably this week sellers who offered the back issues of High Times saw thier auctions pulled: http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/15/buzz-kill-crozet-man-finds-ebay-yanks-high-times/
eBay owns PayPal and there is growing wonder at the pro-prohibition sentiment.
Also, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) attempted to purchase an ad on a giant Times Sq. billboard only to be turned-down by the owner...CBS. While not a total surprise there is frustration in the reform community that the network that also owns Showtime and airs Weeds as well as maintaining the Marijuana Nation Blog at cbs.com would turn down the NORML ad.
Blog from NORML: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/145633/cbs_corporation_bans_ad_calling_for_marijuana_legalization_over_%27morals%27
Steve blogs at www.celebstoner.com
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Chris Goldstein interviews Steve Bloom of celebstoner.com - Back issues of High Time magazine were pulled from eBay and CBS turned down a Times Square advertisement from NORML.
Last year PayPal dropped some NORML Chapters from it's service. Bloom's celebstoner.com was also shut out of PayPal in December.
Inexplicably this week sellers who offered the back issues of High Times saw thier auctions pulled: http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/15/buzz-kill-crozet-man-finds-ebay-yanks-high-times/
eBay owns PayPal and there is growing wonder at the pro-prohibition sentiment.
Also, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) attempted to purchase an ad on a giant Times Sq. billboard only to be turned-down by the owner...CBS. While not a total surprise there is frustration in the reform community that the network that also owns Showtime and airs Weeds as well as maintaining the Marijuana Nation Blog at cbs.com would turn down the NORML ad.
Blog from NORML: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/145633/cbs_corporation_bans_ad_calling_for_marijuana_legalization_over_%27morals%27
Steve blogs at www.celebstoner.com
