| It's their right. Comcast and NBC are a private company. They have the right to choose what they broadcast.
However, one should remember their actions when viewing their purported "neutral" coverage of related issues. |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3 | The constitutional right to advertise... ...?
Freedom of speech is to prevent Gov't from masking your viewpoint and only applies in a very limited way to private institutions. |
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 skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
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kudos:2 | Congress shall make no law... ...Comcrap can do whatever it wants. |
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Sedro Woolley, WA | Hypocrisy Will they ban programming "showing semi-automatic weapons and guns pointed at people"? If not, they are hypocrites. Among other things. |
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 gatorkramNeed for SpeedPremium
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Winterville, NC
kudos:2 | Perfect idea for an ad. Someone should put together an ad, featuring someone smoking, drinking hard liquor and pointing an M16 at someone.
I guess it could be a GoDaddy commercial or maybe Nascar.
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join:2004-07-11
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Re: It's their right. said by ptbarnett:Comcast and NBC are a private company. They have the right to choose what they broadcast.
And in fact, live under tighter restrictions (FCC, FTC, etc.) on what they may publicly display then any individual, and most other businesses.
They are constantly admonished for failing to be MORE diligent in their restriction in the broadcast of actual events like nipple slips and violent crime scenes and should be at least as strict in ads and dramatic content over which they have full control. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Gun stores have ads? I must admit I have never seen a gun shop or gun company ad on TV. I have seen guns advertised in magazines, but never on TV.
Though I guess Dirty Harry could be seen as one big ad for the .44 magnum. And it did in fact increase sales of the weapon.
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BobAccount deleted
join:2012-07-22
New Jersey | reply to gatorkram
Re: Perfect idea for an ad. dup |
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BobAccount deleted
join:2012-07-22
New Jersey | reply to gatorkram
Tobacco ads were banned long ago. |
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said by gatorkram:Someone should put together an ad, featuring someone smoking, drinking hard liquor and pointing an M16 at someone.
I hope you are being sarcastic otherwise you are showing how woefully ignorant the masses have become by the deluge of the media saying "military style assault weapon".
M16 != AR-15.
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Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to Bob
said by Bob:Tobacco ads were banned long ago.
by the government.. and i wonder if that ban applies to cable.
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Re: Hypocrisy ABC is really no different. They asked Adam Lambert not to perform on GMA after he open mouth kissed another dude, but they are also the home of Modern family which features two gay parents. Go figure.
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 jbobReach Out and Touch SomeonePremium
join:2004-04-26
Little Rock, AR | Alcohol Ads? Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than guns....by a long shot(hmmmm pun). Will they too ban alcohol and liquor ads? Not hardly because Ad revenue from alcohol sales dwarfs gun sale Ad revenue. |
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | reply to shimonmor
Re: Hypocrisy Haha.. At least they're not CBS. That would mean cancelling (almost) every show on their network. |
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Re: Perfect idea for an ad. Interesting question, and I'm not sure it's ever been answered.
My guess would be that cable could show them. After all, the government tried to apply indecency laws to cable, but the Supreme Court struck that down.
Many years ago, some states, banned radio and TV stations from airing ads for hard liquor and possibly wine, but that ban was eventually struck down. Can anyone recall if it was because of a First Amendment challenge or because it was a state van and not a federal ban, and states aren't allowed to regulate broadcasting? |
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join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to shimonmor
Re: Hypocrisy said by shimonmor:Will they ban programming "showing semi-automatic weapons and guns pointed at people"? If not, they are hypocrites. Among other things.
Completely agree. From here on if they are going to stick to banning gun company ads, then they need to ban all movies, tv shows, etc. that include guns in any way. This should be applied to not only NBC shows but every carrier out there that crosses Comcast's cable network. |
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| Their right, my right It's Comcast's right to not show certain ads. It's my right to withhold my money from Comcast. |
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join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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Re: Alcohol Ads? Oh this is a howler banning something they have never aired directly. FoxNews has ad's for the Henry Repeating Arms Company which are the only such Ad's I see on what I would call a general main stream channel. The Outdoor type channels are full of gun ad's but the people who they are targeting are watching these channels. This is like a fart in a hurricane nobody will even notice it. I suppose the could remove the "outdoor" channels but they are have a large viewer base, if they banned them Dish Network and Direct TV would pick up a bunch of new subscribers.
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Re: Perfect idea for an ad. Yes, the FCC banned the broadcasting of advertising for tobacco products some time ago |
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join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to Kearnstd
Re: Gun stores have ads? Exactly. This is an easy PR stance for Comcast to take. Half of TV content is one big placement promo festival for maintaining gun consumerism culture and that is where the value lays for the industry, including retailers. |
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