The Supreme Court on Friday endorsed a request from Republican campaign groups that want to buy discounted TV advertising for this year’s midterms, the latest in a series of emergency rulings from the high court benefiting the GOP.
The decision effectively upholds guidance issued by the Federal Communications Commission in March that allowed the campaign arms of House and Senate Republicans to pay lower ad rates that were previously reserved only for candidates.
The court’s order will primarily benefit Republicans, who generally raise more money through party committees than Democrats.
I can predict thecourt better than you can. I have a quarter. Heads? Or tails?
Advertising fatigue is so bad nowadays that you may as well show me paint drying on the wall.
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/
I mean I get what you’re saying but the irony is their target demographic isn’t likely to even remember an advert anymore.
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
More effort maybe but infinitely cheaper
Hummm I guess so, and it depends on who is footing the bill though
If it didn’t make them money, they wouldn’t do it
Ahh so true and good point.
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.
yah good point, it seems like cheating only because it appears one side as you put it is trying to win at every cost, and the other side is just apathetic…its just sad.
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
childrenpolitical candidates!*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.
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.
Billionaires will kill us all while millionaires scream and yell. Thousandaires defend them both while our children suffer through hell.
and only until all of our money is burnt and our pennies rotted will we be able to rebuild without them
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a classic kitchen table issue.
