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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
anti smoking ads are not political ads, they are considered public service announcements, anti drug ads are of the same ilk as well.
now if no fur or no meat was not a special interest and public service ad, it would have been aired.
but in the current state, they are not the same thing at all.
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I agree. The problem is that in the "current state" they are not the same.
Personally, I think they should be or at least there should be room available for these so-called political ads. As it stands an ad for "Buy Nothing Day" cannot get aired (for the obvious reason that it would piss off the other advertisers that want people to buy).
I find this troubling. What are the broadcasters and advertisers so afraid of?
There is nothing offensive per se about a "Buy Nothing Day" and yet good intensioned people with money to buy air time cannot get their ad placed.