Still from one of Herman Cain's campaign ads.
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Public broadcasting doesn't have commercials. It has underwriting announcements — and few of them at that. But that could change, now that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC Congress violated the First Amendment when it blocked public broadcasters from airing political advertisements. Jeffrey Rosen, professor of Law at George Washington University, describes how the ruling could change the face of public radio and TV.
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The best way to help keep political ads off of public radio is to make sure your not just a listener, but a supporter. First, public radio needs money from somewhere to survive, and with congress cutting funding, less of that is coming from the government. Second, people who threaten not to listen to public radio have much less impact than people who threaten not to contribute.
Yet another example of why we need to get the money out of politics. Our election shouldn't be resolved by the marketplace, but in the marketplace of ideas. Give the candidates free time to air their views, followed by a "fact check" squad and panel discussion to cut through the bullshit.
If I ever hear a politcal ad or even an overtly commercial ad on any of the publiuc radio-college-community stations I listen to on the radio or on line, that'll be the end of me listening to them and I won't contribute to them any longer
We are inundated with this crap on standard broadcast media, Public Radio is the last place these ads should run!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Let's keep the circus out of public radio please. Zombie advertising is not what I tune in for.
Best case, change the station.
Worst case, never listen/watch/contribute again.
Were WNYC to take $ for political ads, I would look much less kindly at the next fundraising effort.
The first time I hear a political ad on WNYC I will immediately cancel my membership and consider myself betrayed!
abject lunacy
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