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Sinclair 4Q profit falls 31 pct on political ads
BusinessWeek
TV-station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said Wednesday that net income fell 31 percent in the last three months of 2011, hurt by reductions in political ad spending in a non-election year. Sinclair earned $22.7 million, or 28 cents per share, ...

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City Pulse

Could Hoekstra ad be political genius?
City Pulse
by Kyle Melinn Pete Hoekstra kicked up a political storm with a Super Bowl ad packed with B Movie Chinese stereotypes. The rice paddies, straw hat, crappy bike, broken English. It's all there with a corresponding website so offensive I could feel the ...
US Senator candidate's Super Bowl political ad denouncedTrend.az
Super Bowl political ad sparks racial debateThe Baylor Lariat
Not just MIA: Super Bowl political ad using Asian woman decriedLos Angeles Times
The American Prospect -China Digital Times -Pasadena Star-News
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Financial Times

Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Raises Questions About Underlying Political Message
Huffington Post
Although they often have their own political agendas, such battles are waged with lobbyists and campaign donations, not overtly in political ads. A spokesman for Chrysler declined to comment further on the company's commercial or Marchionne's earlier ...
Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad too political? What about the Skechers bulldog ...Detroit Free Press
Super Bowl's Political Ads Stir Emotions Amid Beer, Chips And Car AdsNorth Country Public Radio
The Breakfast Meeting: Clint's Ad Becomes a Political Football, and Dickens at 200New York Times (blog)
Yahoo! Contributors Network -Pittsburgh Post Gazette -mediabistro.com
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USA TODAY

The 'Super Bowl' of politics
Post Searchlight
Certainly that isn't the case with politics lately. Approximately 92 percent of the commercials aired in the recent Florida Republican primary were negative. The worst of the ads are paid for by the “Super PACS.” The universal answer by the candidates ...
Super Bowl Ad Meter winner: Score one for the Doritos babyUSA TODAY
Watch the five most politically controversial Super Bowl ads of all timeThe Hill (blog)
Facebook roundup: Politics, Super Bowl ads, moreInside Facebook
American Thinker (blog) -Mirror.co.uk
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Belo earnings crash 24% with sharp decline in political ad revenue
Rapid tv news
US local TV station owner Belo reported a 24% plummet in Q411, earnings, a direct result of less political advertising for its local stations--even as the Republican primary race cranked up. Belo owns and operates 20 television stations and saw a ...

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Negative Political Ad Campaigns Bigger Than Ever
NPR
The percentage of negative political TV ads has increased sharply in the run up to the 2012 election. Ronald Reagan — revered by the Republican candidates — didn't air a single negative advertisement in his 1980 campaign for the presidency.

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Washington Times

Weather forecasts as political ads
Washington Times
By Charles Clough As if we all haven't endured enough political ads this election year, an environmental activist group now wants to compel every TV meteorologist to promote its flawed policy agenda. ForecastTheFacts.org, led by Daniel Souweine, ...




Politico

KYTV refuses to show political ad
Springfield News-Leader
On the eve of Missouri's presidential primary, a Democratic candidate accused KYTV of breaking federal law by not airing a political advertisement depicting aborted fetuses during the Super Bowl. Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist from West ...
Super Bowl ads put politics in prime timePolitico
FCC Rules Chicago TV Station Can Refuse To Air Anti-Abortion Super Bowl AdMediaite
FCC decides that Randall Terry not entitled to run graphic anti-abortion TV ...Lexology (registration)

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With White House report due out, GOP still sees political gold
Environment & Energy Publishing
And as the commercials continue to get air time -- the Karl Rove-backed group Crossroads GPS spent another $500000 on cable buys just last week -- some political pundits are wondering just what those outside groups are hoping to accomplish.

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Forget the Super Bowl: Which Political Ad Was the All-Time MVP?
AdAge.com
But few -- if any -- Super Bowl ads have changed the course of our country, or, for that matter, history. Like them or not, political ads -- our frequently underfunded, low-production value, underappreciated, ugly stepsisters -- have changed the course ...


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