I believe we should ban political ads from television. Any politician who can afford tv ads is obviously been bout out by corporations and/or interest groups. I'm not saying that a ban on political tv ads would remove all corruption in out government, but it would be a good start.
Poll: Should political ads be banned from television?
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He probably hit enter while outside the text box. Pitchforks and torches to the ready!
I vote no. Definitely not. It's the only exposure some idiots get to any sort of knowledge about what they, unfortunately, have a right to vote about.
Edit: only moderators/admins can edit poll options, no?
I vote no. Definitely not. It's the only exposure some idiots get to any sort of knowledge about what they, unfortunately, have a right to vote about.
Edit: only moderators/admins can edit poll options, no?
It's OK, your new.
On topic: I don't really see the point in banning political ads on TV. It just means more ads everywhere else. You would have to ban political ads in general, not just TV (then again, that sounds like a pretty good idea).
On topic: I don't really see the point in banning political ads on TV. It just means more ads everywhere else. You would have to ban political ads in general, not just TV (then again, that sounds like a pretty good idea).
Certainly you can become informed via the internet. What I'm talking about is the people who get what they learn about politics ONLY through these adverts - then go and vote anyway; for example, the people who voted Obama because he's black, or McCain because he's old/experienced.
No, because for some, "isolated" people TV ads may be the only way of reaching them, so I think TV adverts are OK & in the spirit of fair, healthy competition and all that.
Also in the UK, a party has to have a minimum of 1 million pounds before being able to register & stand as a political party, so if you can't afford a bit of airtime with that money, then you're not really a very good party.
So are you actually suggesting banning politicians outright? I mean any politician who can afford to go campaigning instead of working "is obviously been out out by corporations" too.
Also in the UK, a party has to have a minimum of 1 million pounds before being able to register & stand as a political party, so if you can't afford a bit of airtime with that money, then you're not really a very good party.
So are you actually suggesting banning politicians outright? I mean any politician who can afford to go campaigning instead of working "is obviously been out out by corporations" too.
If they are in the current state they're in, then yes. At least for the current NZ election, anyway. They don't inform you of anything the party is doing to help the country, they just say, " sucks, don't vote for them. Vote . Because sucks." If they actually told you about how they would benefit the country in detail over other political parties, then maybe I would watch them.
Get rid of political advertisements and force media outlets to publish speeches in their entirety. It's the need to raise massive sums of money for campaigns that gives power to lobbyists; make it so that campaigns are run entirely by volunteers. Put a relatively low cap on the maximum amount that an individual can contribute to a campaign (say $1000) and don't allow organizations to donate at all.
Wow. You just want to suck all the corrupt rich guy fun out of the process, don't you?Good morning blues said:
Frankly, I'd rather they not go back to publishing whole speeches. I can't take much more than 30 seconds of that fluffy, buzz-wordy wanker crap.
If they go back to whole speeches, there won't be any need for that fluffy, buzz-wordy wanker crap, because they won't be left out of the media's spotlight just because their message couldn't be extracted from a 3-second clip.TheBluesader said:
Boy, would I like to go through life without seeing another &@*! political ad... That in itself would be great. Unfortunately it would imply enormous restrictions on free speech, which has further, cascading implications that frighten me.
You Europeans can speak for yourselves, to the extent that you're still allowed to at any rate.
*just kidding*
You Europeans can speak for yourselves, to the extent that you're still allowed to at any rate.
*just kidding*
I don't know. I don't think they can help it at this point. And they know lots of people like me have criminally short attention spans, so the candidates would still be competing to see who could pack a single opening sentence with their entire "hug the country, damn our perceived enemies" message. Plus, if papers had to print long speeches, they'd run out of space for furniture store ads, and NO ONE wants that.Good morning blues said:
BTW, your full retyping of "fluffy, buzz-wordy wanker crap" has given me an inexplicable euphoric high. You made my night. Thank you.
I think all together that Commercials should be banned, unless for superbowl where they have some funny ones. They just get annoying. I have a DVR so it isn't that big of a deal. But I complain for my friends who don't have one.
