Campaign ads supporting Richard Blumenthal have accused World Wrestling Entertainment of “putting profits before people.” The media, too, has criticized the company of producing violent and sexually explicit programming.
And now the company — formerly run by Linda McMahon, contender for the senate seat being vacated by Chris Dodd — is asking the public to “stand up for WWE” by tweeting kind words about the company on Twitter, writing letters to the editor in local newspapers and forwarding this video to friends.
UPDATE: Democrats have since filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission.
Check out the WWE website, where the company “sets the record straight” in light of bad press: http://www.wwe.com/inside/standupforwwe/settingtherecordstraight