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Arthur_Frain

(1,866 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 11:49 AM Oct 2019

Every other ad online right now?!?!

All extreme right wing propaganda. Seen the ad for the fake news “epoch times” now several times a day. Gut heave inducing lies.

Think the waters getting a little hot for them now, and this is going to get way worse.

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Every other ad online right now?!?! (Original Post) Arthur_Frain Oct 2019 OP
Trump and his friends have over 170 million dollars to spend on ads. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #1
I see them on YouTube often. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #2
Yes. Lying their asses off. lpbk2713 Oct 2019 #7
What big sites are these showing up on? Of course that's undoubtedly Hortensis Oct 2019 #3
For me Arthur_Frain Oct 2019 #8
Oh, thanks, Arthur. A little alarming because I use YouTube now Hortensis Oct 2019 #12
I don't get them either unc70 Oct 2019 #4
I'm probably online less than most. Arthur_Frain Oct 2019 #9
I never see political advertisements on TV or the internet. hunter Oct 2019 #5
I couldn't ever get ad blockers to work properly Arthur_Frain Oct 2019 #11
Where are you seeing those ads from epoch times? MineralMan Oct 2019 #6
Mostly Arthur_Frain Oct 2019 #10

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
1. Trump and his friends have over 170 million dollars to spend on ads.
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 11:51 AM
Oct 2019

They will be blanketing the airwaves trying to free this scum bag.

lpbk2713

(42,769 posts)
7. Yes. Lying their asses off.
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 02:05 PM
Oct 2019



These people aren't just delusional. It's obvious they are knowingly lying and deceiving.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. What big sites are these showing up on? Of course that's undoubtedly
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 12:13 PM
Oct 2019

the case for waaay too many.

Fwiw, though, I don't get that stuff, not from the Republicans and not from the mindfuckers going after the left. I'd as soon subscribe to Sean Hannity podcasts as get in their lists by clicking on Facebook news.

Arthur_Frain

(1,866 posts)
8. For me
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:00 PM
Oct 2019

It’s YouTube. You’d think because I’m generally searching for folk music performances, they’d figure out that I’m a lost cause for the RW propaganda machine, but I guess 170 million can buy a great deal of algorithm slanting.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. Oh, thanks, Arthur. A little alarming because I use YouTube now
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:44 PM
Oct 2019

and then also. Who doesn't? My husband has recently gotten into people reporting on their fishing experiences in various locations.

I'd heard it had become full of wolves on the hunt but didn't apply it to us so far because, I guess I just assumed, we're not throwing out the right victim vibes.

Arthur_Frain

(1,866 posts)
9. I'm probably online less than most.
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:02 PM
Oct 2019

They are in very heavy rotation right now. I see one after almost every video - which generally turns out to be a good thing, as I am more motivated to turn the computer off than sit through the ad, or navigate elsewhere.

hunter

(38,338 posts)
5. I never see political advertisements on TV or the internet.
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:54 PM
Oct 2019

They are excluded from my universe.

Yeah, I know they are flaming piles of poo, but I don't have to suffer them. I don't need to be any angrier than I am.

Let the Republican Party die.

Arthur_Frain

(1,866 posts)
11. I couldn't ever get ad blockers to work properly
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:07 PM
Oct 2019

Either they block too much or too little, or aren’t worth my time because every software update undoes all of my hard work customizing it.

As an aside, in the latest OS update for all of my apple crap, I notice now, they’ve shunted the auto playing video (which I had managed to disable the auto play on until recently) into a PIP that floats down in the corner of your screen as you scroll.

They keep getting better at trying my patience, and it’s working, I’m getting ready to do a big plug pull here.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
6. Where are you seeing those ads from epoch times?
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:59 PM
Oct 2019

I have never seen one.

On what sites do they appear for you.

Arthur_Frain

(1,866 posts)
10. Mostly
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:04 PM
Oct 2019

YouTube. As i said, i don’t get it, as if their algorithm has any say about anything, no way should I be getting queued up for those.

But I’ve also seen them just pop up just about everywhere. Might be geographical slant operating here too.

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