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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox has also pulled the racist Trump ad:
That racist Trump ad WAS running on Fox News, but not anymore: "Upon further review, FOX News pulled the ad yesterday and it will not appear on either FOX News Channel or FOX Business Network," ad sales president Marianne Gambelli says.
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Fox has also pulled the racist Trump ad: (Original Post)
demmiblue
Nov 2018
OP
Run it until right before election, say "my bad" and try to get credit for pulling it?
uppityperson
Nov 2018
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,837 posts)1. I'm sure Fox doesn't care that the ad was racist and false, but
maybe they're afraid it makes their guy look like the obvious racist liar he is.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)4. +1
Exactly. They would only pull it if they thought it did more harm than good for the GOP.
Initech
(100,102 posts)2. When you're too racist for Fox News, that's pretty fucking racist!
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)3. Run it until right before election, say "my bad" and try to get credit for pulling it?
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)8. Pretty much.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)5. Maybe.
Fox pulled it because when the facts are known, it hurts republicans.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)6. Faux pulling it is all a big show now...
Face it, that ads already effectively reached its target audience.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)9. rightwing radio this morning was all in .. only topic was the caravan
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)10. Yep, message delivered.
It's like a judge telling a jury to disregard comments by an attorney.
brewens
(13,620 posts)7. Was that the caravan ad I saw on MSNBC? I'm pissed they let that crap on. n/t
salin
(48,955 posts)11. Apparently Facebook pulled it after Fox did. So what does the Trump Campaign manager do?
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Philip Crowther
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Trumps campaign manager just put out the ad again on Twitter. The one thats been pulled by all TV channels for being racist.
12:55 PM - 5 Nov 2018
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)14. I alerted on it, but I doubt it will do much good. n/t
maveric
(16,445 posts)12. But Fox and NBC still showed it.
NBC on Sunday Night Football.
Showing it once was all they needed.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)13. Kinda hard to unring the bell, isn't it?
It's getting tiresome watching the media get "surprised" by late shenanigans from the Republicans in election after election after election.