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In reply to the discussion: GOP Senate candidate to run 'Let's go Brandon' ad during Super Bowl [View all]hermetic
(8,357 posts)14. How disgusting
Guy is a completely classless act.
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GOP Senate candidate to run 'Let's go Brandon' ad during Super Bowl [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Feb 2022
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The networks can easily decline to air all political ads during and right after such a major
cstanleytech
Feb 2022
#22
The ad was sold by the local station, not the network. And the station can't refuse
onenote
Feb 2022
#46
So limited local ad then so if there is any impact its probably negligible.
cstanleytech
Feb 2022
#52
It's another way of saying F.U. Biden. That is his ONLY meaning in saying that.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#31
Of course it's not the worst. But they still shouldn't be saying F.U. Biden on TV.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#44
It's not about whether incivility is new. It's about GOP attempts to control the narrative.
CBHagman
Feb 2022
#82
Material can still be deemed indecent for FCC purposes even if it uses euphemisms or innuendo.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#58
Right wingers always scream "cancel culture" when we object to their racism/sexism/offensiveness.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#60
Yep, it makes the MAGAts giddy to have figured out a way to say F.U. Biden in public.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#33
Shame out that THC advert they refused to show ... you know, the one that stops seizures...
NotHardly
Feb 2022
#24
It's probably only running in his local area, during a time slot set aside for cheaper local ads.
TheRickles
Feb 2022
#12
Probably local. National ads are $6.5 million(!) for 30 seconds. Maybe out of his league.
TheRickles
Feb 2022
#26
Yes, but some of the segments, like the one just before half time, are for local businesses.
TheRickles
Feb 2022
#40
Material can still be deemed indecent for FCC purposes even if it uses euphemisms or innuendo.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#57
SNL airs after 11:30 pm, when "indecent" language is more tolerated by the FCC.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#77
It's a euphemism for "F*** Joe Biden." It can and should be disallowed on TV.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#71
Federal law also prohibits indecent and profane content from being broadcast on the radio or TV.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#51
When lawyers tell a judge how long they've been practicing law, they're usually losing the argument.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#64
The lawyers on the staff at "Saturday Night Live" have found "Let's Go, Brandon" acceptable to air.
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#74
The discussion of the legislative history in the Luken Memorandum is not mistaken.
SunSeeker
Feb 2022
#81