Trump's New Ad Is Too Racist for Fox News
Last Thursday, President Trump tweeted a racist campaign ad and pinned it to the top of his Twitter profile. Aimed at drumming up fear over the migrant caravan, the spot features a Mexican man named Luis Bracamontes bragging about how he murdered two police officers, as well as imagery of various mobs storming various gates. On Monday, several media organizations released statements noting that they will no longer run the ad. One of those organizations is Fox News. “Upon further review, Fox News pulled the ad yesterday and it will not appear on either Fox News Channel or Fox Business Network,” Marianne Gambelli, the networks’ president of advertisement sales, told CNN.
Trump responded by lazily pointing a finger in the direction of the media.
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The statement from Fox News came shortly after NBC said it would cease airing the ad due to its “insensitive nature.” The network had been criticized for airing it during the previous night’s episode of Sunday Night Football, the highest-rated program on television. Twenty-one million Americans tuned in see the New England Patriots play the Green Bay Packers and, presumably, the ad, which in addition to being racist, contains factual errors regarding the Democrats and illegal immigration. George W. Bush was president when Bracamontes entered the United States for the last time, and it was “Sheriff Joe” Arpaio who released Bracamontes from prison in 1998 “for reasons unknown.” (You might remember Arpaio has the recipient of a Trump pardon.) The ad blames Democrats, implying that they have encouraged illegal immigration.
Soon after Fox News announced it would no longer run the ad, Facebook did the same. “This ad violates Facebook’s advertising policy against sensational content so we are rejecting it,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “While the video is allowed to be posted on Facebook, it cannot receive paid distribution.”
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