Oh Crap: Major YouTube Advertisers See Their Ads Placed in Front of Rightwing Wackoness

[Mark Jeffries]

For example, Adobe and Mazda--and the campaign of Vice President Harris--have seen their ads being dropped in front of videos starring nut job rightwing bloggers repeating Vance's disproven claims about Haitian immigrants munching on roast Fido and sauteed Puff--and they're not happy about that:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/business/media/youtube-ads-haitian-immigrants-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME4.Unf_.55wcWYm2LmBp&smid=url-share

[Kevin M.]

Once again, advertisers choose to buy ad time with a company that allows (and profits from) the spread of disinformation. They can withhold their money. Other content providers can pull their content. Until they do, it won’t change. 

Kevin M. (RPCV)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

For example, Adobe and Mazda--and the campaign of Vice President Harris--have seen their ads being dropped in front of videos starring nut job rightwing bloggers repeating Vance's disproven claims about Haitian immigrants munching on roast Fido and sauteed Puff--and they're not happy about that:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/business/media/youtube-ads-haitian-immigrants-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME4.Unf_.55wcWYm2LmBp&smid=url-share

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ce4613f9-9315-49ec-b697-1318493670e3n%40googlegroups.com.

[Jon Delfin]

more fun than that is when I'm playing a video from, say, Sam Seder, and he's interrupted by a fundraising pitch from IQ45

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CyRe7OC8X1Fb6pRFzvs5N6b%3DGTYiQ657Tvcxs%2B99cvmw%40mail.gmail.com.