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Supreme Court backs Republican request to lower TV ad rates (www.cnn.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago

So Republicans effectively given themselves a discount on purchasing politcal ads since they're the ones who purchase the most ad time

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    What about the free market?

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    [–] 104 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    I’m constantly amazed at how the republican party find news ways to cheat…this has to be more effort now than actually doing something good and or useful for the people

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    More effort maybe but infinitely cheaper

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Is this even "cheating" per say? This is literally a court decision.

    Dems could play the same game. They have a number of enormous media markets in solid Blue states and could make all sorts of annoying and vexous rules to drive up Republican campaign costs.

    But one party plays to win. The other only plays for fun, I guess.

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    • [–] 38 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Oh wow, THIS will surely make the US economy better! Don’t worry about your grocery bill, political ADS cost less now!

    Don’t be an unpatriotic ingrate thinking only of yourself. Think of the children political candidates!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    *Think of the political parties.

    The candidates are now going to have to compete with the parties at the same rate. This is great because as we all know political parties didn't have enough sway.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    You’re right. And this is even worse for independents in primaries (which is really the only place that matters in many places).

    I have to give it to them: republicans are really going all out to game the system in literally every way they can think of.

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    • [–] 20 points 2 months ago

    Omfg we going to get flooded with AI political ads.

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    [–] 15 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Billionaires will kill us all while millionaires scream and yell. Thousandaires defend them both while our children suffer through hell.

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    • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    🙄

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Advertising fatigue is so bad nowadays that you may as well show me paint drying on the wall.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    You’re not the target market. Republicans know that broadcast and cable TV skews older and conservative these days. Thats why they want that discount.

    This “discount” law doesn’t apply to streaming services.

    Broadcast/cable demographics: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-viewers-oldest-audiences-1235910778/

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    • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    a classic kitchen table issue.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I can predict thecourt better than you can. I have a quarter. Heads? Or tails?

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