Good God, what just happened on my TV?

[spinbaby]

I'm near Pittsburgh, waiting for the weather to come up on Channel 4, when they air this ad showing dismembered fetuses and claiming that Obama wants to use women as sex toys and kill their babies. It was for some candidate named Terry. Is this kind of thing even allowed on TV?

I'm changing the channel now.

[mucifer]

1. that might backfire.

[Fumesucker]

2. I would be calling the station

An email to them with a copy to the FCC and the newspaper wouldn't hurt either.

[KharmaTrain]

18. That Would Do Little Good...

Welcome to another facet of Citizens United. If a television station accepts political advertising (and almost all of them do), they have to air those commercials as the candidate/group wants. They can't edit or censor. They can try to refuse the ad but that's led to a litany of court cases that people like Terry have won...and it was further solidified within the Citizens United ruling.

I have a friend in Pittsburgh who also saw that ad...he's a rushpublican but found that ad offensive. Other than shock value and publicity for Terry there's no political upside and I think hurts the rushpublicans...

[AsahinaKimi]

3. definitely

contact the station. Email, Phone, text, letter..and tell them what you thought of that ad. Make sure you tell them the exact time and date it aired. Stations respond to that kind of thing, they have to, as its required by the FCC.

[spinbaby]

4. Already found their email and complained

Here's hoping they get the message.

[liberal N proud]

5. That sounds like one of the most sick and extreme ads, I have heard

[RockaFowler]

6. Randall Terry

He's supposedly running for President and Congress down here in Florida. My station refused to air that garbage. Originally he had Samuel L Jackson in it and he sent a cease and desist letter to the station telling us they will sue if we air that ad. This man is gross and disgusting and the FCC should come after him for airing this garbage!

[H2O Man]

7. Yep.

He was a used car salesman from the Windsor-Binghamton area here in NY. Couldn't make a living doing that, so he took up extremist religious sales.

[RockaFowler]

8. Check out his Facebook page

584 likes only

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Randall-Terry-for-President/174659662576372

The guy is really sick

[H2O Man]

10. I remember him

from way back when. He was a flaming asshole as a teenager, and has remained one to this day.

[CurtEastPoint]

26. OMG I just went to that page and the comments people made (all totally against him, of course)

are amazing. He is a number one loony case, for sure.

[RandiFan1290]

12. WJNO is giving him free plugs

Clear Channel of course. They are trying to help him out since he is running against Rep. Alcee Hastings.

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. He has about as much chance of beating Hastings as I do. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

30. Someone needs to call them on that shit

it is illegal to give one candidate free advertising and not give equal time to the other.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

9. Yeah, you wouldn't believe the Gobbels shit we are seeing in Arizona.

I can't believe they allow this shit on the air. But Janet Jacksons partially obscured tit is apoplectic? What a country!

[Democratopia]

11. Take a look at the feedback on his Facebook page. He must be mentally ill.

[Canuckistanian]

24. I saw that

The comments are all blasting him as disgusting .

[Skidmore]

13. We had something similar just air in the past half hour.

The local news person warned of and ad in the break to follow which contained content not being suitable for children and explained that they were obligated under federal law to broadcast any ad by a candidate. I got the impression that they would rather have not had to air it at all.

[spinbaby]

27. Was it also from this Terry fellow?

I'm still in shock that they allowed this on TV.

[southernyankeebelle]

14. Ads that are not true shouldn't be allowed to be shown on tv no matter the party. The tv stations

don't really care. It's all about the money.

[blue in redland]

15. He's backkk

I thought that name sounded familiar,this guy was all over TV during the Terri Schiavo case.GO AWAY!

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Randall Terry from Operation Rescue.

Welcome to my world. Terry and his pals have taken over the state of Kansas. They arrived here in 1991 for the 'summer of mercy' and bombarded Dr. Tiller's clinic with their hate. I'm actually glad to see Terry do something somewhere besides Kansas.

[PA Democrat]

17. It's that nut job Randall Terry who inspires people to bomb

abortion clinics and murder doctors who perform abortions. I've seen the commercials as well and am calling WTAE to tell them I am blocking their channel as long as they continue to air that filth.

[PA Democrat]

20. Call WTAE at 412-244-4444 to file a complaint.

They have a specific complaint line for complaints about the Terry ad but I had to call the main number listed above to get through. I was told that WTAE is not permitted to refuse to run the ad because Terry is a candidate in the stae of West Virginia and WTAE's signal reaches WV.

[spinbaby]

22. My husband said Channel 11 had it, too

He was up last night watching the late news and said that Channel 11 was falling all over themselves apologizing for that awful ad and saying that they legally had to run it.

[hootinholler]

21. I wonder if the FCC can do anything about it?

I don't know because it may be protected speech, but they will at least log the complaint. Don't forget to mention that children are watching that.

[Quantess]

23. I would complain to the local station about it.

Call them up and give them a piece of your mind.
Or email.

Tell them it upset your children and they hid under the couch in terror. How dare they frighten your children like that? (True story: my Mom did that when I got scared of a commercial)

[RC]

25. The stations may be legally obligated to run those commercials, but they also have to keep track of

the viewing public's complaints. Complain in writing. Time, date, problem you had with the spot, etc. Do not be abusive or threatening.
They have to keep a file and include the complaints when they file for renewal of their broadcast license. It is much better if you supply your contact information.

[sadbear]

28. That's called desperation.

You can't be polling well if you have to run an ad like that.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

29. they are panicking,trying to use shock and awe.vile ad,it must hell in ohio,it bad here too n\t