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I noticed similar wordplay in coverage of the 2016 election. When Trump or Trump-supporting PACs targeted voters with ads negative on Clinton, it was labeled by
by IncreasePosts 8y ago
I noticed similar wordplay in coverage of the 2016 election. When Trump or Trump-supporting PACs targeted voters with ads negative on Clinton, it was labeled by the mainstream media as 'voter suppression', whereas when Clinton or Clinton-supporting PACs targeted voters with ads negative on Trump, it was 'getting the message out'
- munchbunny 8y agoInteresting, I'm surprised to hear that this happened. In my recollection, most of the mentions of "voter suppression" had to do with things like voter registration shenanigans, not so much political ads. And voter registration shenanigans are definitely voter suppression.
- IncreasePosts 8y agoHere's an example article of what I was referring to: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-29/inside-the-pro-trump-effort-to-keep-black-voters-from-the-polls https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-29/inside-th... AIUI Trump supporters used targeted facebook ads to go after American Haitians to remind them of the Clinton Global Initiative(which has a very bad reputation on the ground in Haiti).