The media are picking up on the new government ads that are running, the advertising in support of the government's "action plan." The new ads differ from previous ones put out by the government this year in that there's an additional messaging angle thrown in. There is, for example, an elderly man who states at one point in the ad that we have to "stay on track," with the clear implication that there should be no election. You can watch that part here (it occurs around the 1:25 onwards point).And here:
Tories like Transport Minister John Baird have argued an election would slow stimulus spending of infrastructure projects. The government’s new taxpayer-funded $4.1-million TV ad campaign to tout the stimulus package – purchased in August – airs commercials that include the tag line: “We can’t stop now.”So they are running government ads using public money spouting the same theme as their partisan electioneering. Just this current ad buy is cited at $5.6 million.
If the Conservatives were to redirect funds from the Government and use it for their purposes, we'd call it, well, Adscam. But instruct the civil service to do it, and it's... okay?
5 comments:
Excellent point. Not that it will hold water with the media.
Isn't Conservative propaganda wonderful?
I study it like a researcher does cancer.
I smell more Senate appointments for our media people.
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