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Seems like this will be a controversial comment here, but why should the advertisers get to dictate the content? Do we want Unilever to decide what we see on T
by mtgx 9y ago
Seems like this will be a controversial comment here, but why should the advertisers get to dictate the content?
Do we want Unilever to decide what we see on TV, too (such as political opinions, etc) ?
- astura 9y agoSeriously? They most certainly already do. Which is why stuff like nudity and swearing is almost never shown on basic cable (advertising sponsored) but is shown on premium channels such as HBO which don't rely as much on advertising. Then every couple years we have people who get fired from TV or have their shows cancelled after advertisers pull out due to some controversy surrounding them. Soap operas got their name by originally being sponsored by soap companies. Then there's the advertisers that suspended YouTube ads after Elsagate, which prompted YouTube to clean up and ban certain content and channels, including one of it's top 100 channels Toy Freaks. And, yes, some political opinions are simply bad business, which is why we don't see them on TV. This isn't new, this has been the way the world works since the beginning of humanity.