Does MSNBC really need the money that badly?

[kentuck]

Those "Joe Biden is going to take your guns" commercials are totally unnecessary and a great harm to our society.

Yes, there is the right to free speech but no one has the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded place if there is no fire.

Guns are an epidemic in this country already and MSNBC serves no purpose by promoting it in such a way.

Americans cannot live in "freedom" if there is fear and lack of security. This is what the gun virus is doing to us.

MSNBC should not be promoting it on the Joe Scarborough show.

[Sherman A1]

1. What would you expect?

The business model is and has been exceptionally clear for a very long time.

[kacekwl]

2. Short answer, yes.

Need and crave are 2 different things.

[greymattermom]

3. If I see a commercial like that,

I support Biden even more. There are too many guns, right?

[gab13by13]

4. Vanguard and BlackRock

are the major shareholders of COMCAST.

[kentuck]

5. That would explain it.

Comcast is calling the shots.

[brooklynite]

6. MSNBC doesn't "promote" commercials, they sell ad space.

I assume you don't want Fox News running pro-Democratic ads? (yes, they do).

[kentuck]

7. All ads are not the same.

Guns do not need more "promoting". You shouldn't assume.

[PortTack]

10. True, but fux has refused to air commercials produced by the Dems or dem supporting groups

msnbc could do the same

[Bobstandard]

8. Our side should be advertising on football games

We should be running ads about how the Republicans have voted agains anything that would help working class Americans. And we should be running them where the few marginally influenceable republicans are likely to see them.

[kentuck]

9. In my opinion, ads should be about something bigger than Democrat vs Republican..

That is where we make the mistake.

[Bobstandard]

13. What's bigger than Republicans..

What’s bigger than Republicans seeking to kill democracy? Pointing out how they are indeed trying to do that would seem to make for pretty powerful ads.

[Mr. Ected]

11. Which is why the so-called freedom of the press is a pipe dream

When information can be bought and sold for profit, its veracity is never ensured.

[Hekate]

12. Well, they sell ad space through whoever does that, & iiuc ads are bundled...

Often the cable company doesn’t know a specific ad is on (or so they often say) until enough outraged viewers bring it to their attention.

So that is my recommendation: bring it to the attention of the MSNBC honchos. You can start soft, as in, “Perhaps you are unaware of the objectionable content…” or you can start hard, as in, “Sir I am a regular viewer and these gun ads are an abomination. We have an epidemic of gun violence, etc.”

I always encourage people to write.