NBC to refuse any firearm adverstising

[Salty]

New policy by Comcast

 

[kyredneck]

And the utter hypocrisy of this is there will be no decrease of firearm violence on cable TV, it'll be business as usual. It's incredible.

 

[preachinjesus]

Except in all of their primetime shows...crazy

 

[carpro]

A meaningless gesture.

 

[kyredneck]

Here’s the commercial from Williams Gunsight that Comcast declined to air (scroll down):

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...-rejecting-ads-promoting-firearms-or-weapons/

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check out the facebook link from this article: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Williams-Gun-Sight-Outfitters/158429079655

 

[Arbo]

Except in all of their primetime shows...crazy

Yep. How many shows on NBC portray people carrying or shooting firearms, especially while comitting crime? I agree with Carpro that it's meaningless in a practical sense; it is nothing but a feel-good act.

 

[Thinkingstuff]

New policy by Comcast

Its crazy! The fact is there is a movement to rid US citizens the right to own firearms. And this is a result of that propaganda!

 

[Oldtimer]

Yep. How many shows on NBC portray people carrying or shooting firearms, especially while comitting crime? I agree with Carpro that it's meaningless in a practical sense; it is nothing but a feel-good act.

And, perhaps, the goal to draw more advertising dollars from those seeking to ban all private ownership of firearms.

Television is all about profit -- the bottom line.

Good shows are canceled because of ratings points and not the content. Outrageous behavior draws viewers, thus advertising dollars.

When I turn on the TV in the morning to get local news and weather, I could care less about the First Ladies new hair cut. Nor the lastest scandal from Hollywood, nor what Justin Beaver is doing. etc. & etc. Yet, have to wade through all that "stuff" for a few minutes of real "news" and 5 minutes of weather.

Sigh....

 

[Arbo]

And, perhaps, the goal to draw more advertising dollars from those seeking to ban all private ownership of firearms.

It would fit with in their MSNBCish sensibilities.

 

[abcgrad94]

Isn't this called discrimination?

What if they refused to air any black people or homose*uals in ads? There would be a big uproar.

 

[sag38]

I don't really trust NewsMax. I would need to see the documentation. They have a tendency to twist the truth to fit an ideological bent to stir up the dander of conservative readers. Not to say that I don't agree with their ideology but I just don't trust their reporting.

 

[Salty]

Isn't this called discrimination?

What if they refused to air any black people or homose*uals in ads? There would be a big uproar.

Yes it is discrimination, but it is not illegal unless the subject is a "protected class" ie gender, race, ect

This FCC info may shed some light