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[netmouse]

Does anyone besides me wish there was a rule that television broadcasters had to pull/cancel political advertising that was demonstrated to contain out-and-out lies?

I mean, somewhere in there where you get a broadcasting license, you agree to serve the public. Permitting deceptive advertising just because you've received your pieces of silver is not serving the public.

ETA: this post is in reaction to this ad, which as discussed here posits a lot of things unrelated to Prop 8 as an argument for it, as though it defends people in the state against things other than the state's recognition of the right of gay couples to get and be married. Further discussion here.

Comments

[grndexter.livejournal.com]

On every TV I've ever owned, there's a little button somewhere that is intended to be used to turn the TV on and off. Exercise your right to USE that little button! Turn the thing OFF and I guarantee you won't be irritated by the ads any more. That's what *I* do! And my dogs LOVE me for it! ;-)

(It works for crappy programming too!) ;-D

And think of the electricity you'll save if you follow the suggestion on my blog and put all the "entertainment" appliances on a powerstrip and just turn the whole battery of stuff off - it all has that "instant-on" circuitry that just GOBBLES electricity even when you're not using it!

I sometimes wonder how much happier I'd be if I ignored politics and especially economics...

[andrewfeland.livejournal.com]

I don't have TV. Well, I have a television set, but it's connected to my DVD player.

These ads don't bother me because they're cluttering MY airwaves--they bother me because people like my mother-in-law see them and swallow them hook, line, and sinker, and don't bother to take the extra time to double-check ANY candidates' claims.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched TV for 6 years. However, that doesn't stop me from being peeved at such effects as are going on in California right now, where a proposition on the ballot is being *completely* misrepresented in television advertising, and such a tactic appears to be working.

[grndexter.livejournal.com]

Oh... "in California" - ummmm, okay. That explains a lot. I mean, "California?" Ummmhummmm.

{Looks around and doesn't see anyone. Shrugs and slowly walks away with his hands in his pockets.}

;-D

[mishamish.livejournal.com]

On every TV I've ever owned, there's a little button somewhere that is intended to be used to turn the TV on and off.

Hehe... "We had that button installed for you so that you could turn the TV *ON* and *OFF*. Not so you could throw TV Raves!"

[grndexter.livejournal.com]

"TV Raves"??? Are those anything like french fries? Or cheese puffs. (I like the crunchy ones!)