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Because political ads are like printing money

• rock_hard 7y ago
  Political ads make the company very little money actually
  • aquaticsunset 7y ago
    Source?
    • nathanlied 7y ago
      https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-isnt-taking-political-ads-for-the-money-coo-sheryl-sandberg-says/ https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-isnt-taking-political-ads... This is the first thing I found; take-out is, the flak they get over the whole political ads controversy isn't worth how much they make on them, comparatively. I'm inclined to believe them.
• netsharc 7y ago
  At a certain point in 2008, Obama was certain to be the Dem primary winner against Hillary. But CNN was still framing it as a tight contest. I wondered how much of that editorial decision was based on making sure eyeballs stay glued to CNN, so they can tell their advertisers "A 30 second slot costs this much at the moment...".