Controversial Super Bowl Political Ads on Local Stations – Why They Can’t Be Pulled

By |2022-02-14T11:19:09-06:00February 14th, 2022|Legal News|

Ads planned to run in yesterday’s Super Bowl by Republican candidates in primaries to select candidates for 2022 senate elections drew comments and controversy even before the game, with some calls to block the ads from the air.  Ads for a candidate in Pennsylvania used the “Let’s Go Brandon” language generally acknowledged to be an... Continue Reading…

Controversial Super Bowl Political Ads on Local Stations – Why They Can’t Be Pulled

By |2022-02-14T11:19:09-06:00February 14th, 2022|Legal News|

Ads planned to run in yesterday’s Super Bowl by Republican candidates in primaries to select candidates for 2022 senate elections drew comments and controversy even before the game, with some calls to block the ads from the air.  Ads for a candidate in Pennsylvania used the “Let’s Go Brandon” language generally acknowledged to be an... Continue Reading…

Questions about the Truth of Political Ads, What’s a Broadcaster to Do When a Candidate Complains About an Attack Ad? – The No Censorship Rule for Candidate Ads

By |2014-09-23T10:48:32-05:00September 23rd, 2014|Legal News|

Every election season there is the same refrain from candidates who are attacked in political ads run on broadcast stations – that ad is unfair and the broadcaster who is running it should take it off the air.  Sometime, that request is sent by a lawyer with threats to bring legal actions if the broadcaster … Continue Reading

Go to Top