[JYO] TIME removes Ad

I am writing to acknowledge your e-mail concerning the TIME ad that ran in 
the December 23 issue of TIME magazine, depicting an airport runway, two 
small aircraft, and two towers of a nuclear power facility.  

  
The ad was intended to illustrate how dramatically Americans’ perceptions 
have changed since September 2001.  Before that date, the juxtaposition of an 
airport runway and a nuclear facility would not have raised an eyebrow.  But 
since September 11, even the most commonplace images have the power to 
provoke us to see things differently.

  
The ad was not intended to suggest that small aircraft pose a particular 
danger to our national security, or that a small aircraft could in any way 
penetrate a nuclear tower. TIME regrets any inference to the contrary that 
may have been taken by general aviation pilots.  

  
Out of respect for the general aviation industry, TIME has removed this ad 
from its media schedule.  
  
Thank you for your comments. 
  
Sincerely, 
Eileen Naughton 
President, TIME Magazine

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