Film at 11: Equal Time

[athelind]

It infuriates me that, while almost every prime-time show we watch regularly has at least one ad supporting the reprehensible Proposition 8, I have yet to see a single ad opposing it. What happened to "equal time"?

Or is this a situation where those foul "pro" ads work just as well to stoke up the fury of any thinking person against this?

From the bile these people spew, you'd think that they believe that if their proposition to Eliminate Rights* doesn't pass, same-sex marriage will become mandatory for everyone.

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*Bless you, Jerry Brown, for renaming this Act to accurately describe what it means.

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Comments

[tikaani.livejournal.com]

The "equal time" rule is that broadcast stations have to provide an equivalent opportunity for both sides of any issue to have access to the airwaves. If only one side is producing ads and buying time, then that's all that gets aired; the stations have no responsibility to make counterprogramming all on their own.

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

Precisely. In order to show the ads, someone has to pay for them.

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

And it could be that in your market, most of the people are already overwhelmingly against it, so the 'pro' people feel the need for heavier campaigning.