Clinton postpones Weather Channel ads in Florida
Source: Politico
Hillary Clintons presidential campaign said Thursday that it is asking cable systems in Florida not to run its advertisements on the Weather Channel with Hurricane Matthew bearing down on the state after Republicans seized on the planned ads as opportunistic.
On Wednesday, POLITICO reported, as part of a larger cable-television buy in the battleground states, Clintons campaign had reserved airtime on the Weather Channel in a number of states, including $63,000 earmarked for Florida.
Earlier in the week we made changes to our TV ad reservations across hundreds of stations in several battleground states including Florida, Clinton campaign spokesman Jesse Ferguson said Thursday. Less than 1 percent of those changes included the Weather Channel. We have requested that stations in Florida delay any of those ads on the Weather Channel until after the storm passes.
Ratings for the Weather Channel typically spike during major events, and the potential for the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States in nearly 11 years should draw more eyeballs to the channel. Both Clinton and Donald Trump have advertised on the channel earlier in the campaign, during more normal weather episodes.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/swing-states-2016-election/2016/10/clinton-postpones-weather-channel-ads-229245
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Bongo Prophet
(2,651 posts)They are getting everything right, down to tiniest detail.
I look forward to Madame Prez and continued progress.
alp227
(32,047 posts)Bongo Prophet
(2,651 posts)I meant to say that while they have been good, they at least made a quick adjustment.
Really, I guess it depends on the ads - if they were special "take care" ads or just blasting trump.
I definitely had my vodka goggles on - hence the word 'perfect', not a normal word for me - it made me giddy with pain relief.
Now up at 7am for regular pill time. somewhat back to more reserved self. Which is better? Hard to say...
tanyev
(42,601 posts)I'd be watching my local stations. The Weather Channel seems to have gone the way of the History Channel and the Learning Channel in terms of their usefulness.