Um,...Ok... That happened?? wow.

[yuiyoshida]

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[brooklynite]

1. What happened is not what is alleged

The AOC ad was not run by ABC; it was run by a local ABC affiliate that's owned by Sinclair.

And as for the ad itself, as ugly as it is, ask yourself if you want a TV station making decisions as to what is and is not appropriate political advertising.

[yuiyoshida]

2. I certainly wouldn't...

Damn Republicans!

[First Speaker]

3. Yes. If someone wanted to run an ad for the KKK...

...I would certainly expect a TV station "making decisions" about that.

[brooklynite]

4. I would not...

I am a First Amendment absolutist. A KKK message can be challenged. When you suppress someone else's message, you have no claim when someone suppresses yours.

[First Speaker]

6. In theory, I suppose I agree. In practice, if the KKK or the Nazis wanted to run an ad on TV...

...and a station showed it, the roof would fall in. We have a de facto ban on, say, Nazi propaganda in the mass media, as opposed to a formal ban that Germany has. This might actually be better in a way. God help us if Nazi-KKK propaganda ever becomes "mainstream" enough for it to be shown openly in the mainstream media, however constitutional it might technically be...

[LanternWaste]

5. K&R nt