Consider this. Some guy just got laid off. Watching the tube, he finds out that the source for all those ads supporting the congress critter who wants to cut taxes for corporations and the rich is the company who just laid him off. Don't you think that that will change his mind about who he was about to vote for.
Or another situation. there is a referendum on the ballot to restrict the rights of workers to join unions, and again he finds that the company that just laid him off paid for the ads, don't you think that this sort of disclosure will make him reconsider his vote. On the other side, there's a big flashy ad against the other candidate that paints him as a baby seal killing fanatic, and its paid for by PETA, couldn't that also influence his decision in voting? The idea is that people are pretty smart and when they have enough information they make what they think is the right choices. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I agree with you Larry...but in reality, does it really matter? > > Most Joe Sixpack's sitting on their couch watching these ads don't give a > hoot or even pay attention to the blurb that says who paid for the > advertisement. Generally, the people who are already informed enough to make > heads or tails of who is paying for what, and why, are already informed > enough to have made up their minds anyway. > > I just don't envision many cases where you have some empty headed yokel who > is buying into a commercial, and then suddenly changes his mind when he > hears the name of the PAC or GPS that paid for the spot. > > Political ads are aimed at careless, uninformed voters.....so telling them > who paid for it, while a good idea, doesn't really have much practical value > in my opinion. > > -- > Glittering prizes and endless compromises > Shatter the illusion of integrity > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
