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dawg day

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3. I think there used to be an exemption for political commercials on TV-

Sat Sep 28, 2019, 04:39 PM

Sep 2019

The JB Stoner case. This was one of the Birmingham Bethel church bombers-- horrible man. Ran for senate or governor, and he had racist ads that the local TV stations naturally didn't want to run. The FCC said that political ads were absolutely protected and that because TV was regulated (the country owns the airwaves), the stations had to abide by this.

Most of the stations I think would run a disclaimer before and after.

But everything is different now. Only the official ads from the candidate get the protection, I think, but now there are ads by PACs and it's hard to know who is responsible. Plus network TV is a pretty unimportant outlet for ads now. I'm just not sure how much of this is still relevant given the quite unregulated broadcasting industry now.

Anyway, I think there might be some exemption also about libel in a political ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=nq6QBFFfDSk

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Serious question: Is it possible to sue someone for libel for false statements in a campaign-ad? [View all] DetlefK Sep 2019 OP

You can sue for anything, but you probably won't win. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #1

Zelenskyy... Actually last time I traveled to the United States .. I stayed at the Trump Tower. struggle4progress Sep 2019 #2

I think there used to be an exemption for political commercials on TV- dawg day Sep 2019 #3

Yes but it's a horrendous political strategy unblock Sep 2019 #4

We need to find a way to curb swiftboating. Maybe instead of a group just slipping an ad onto Karadeniz Sep 2019 #5