1.   Haworth said CNN has refused to air advocacy ads when CNN was reporting on the issues in question.

2.   It also attempts to rein in the television ads that critics say are political spots masquerading as issue advocacy ads.

3.   Nor is it compelled to run advocacy ads at all.

4.   The content of issue ads that now run shortly before an election is, as a practical matter, indistinguishable from that of express advocacy ads.

5.   A CBS spokeswoman said the ad was rejected because the network has a policy against running advocacy ads.