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Free speech officially gone from US Constitution?



 
 
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Old June 24th, 2009, 12:05 PM posted to rec.org.mensa,rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
John Gilmer
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Default Free speech officially gone from US Constitution?


"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote in message
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noauth wrote:

Apparently so.
A Free Press For A Free People -
Headline;
Billboard Cartel Says 'No' to Eligibility Ads

A fourth billboard company has rejected a campaign designed to raise
visibility on questions surrounding Barack Obama's eligibility for
office -
this time by claiming the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, a
trade
and lobbying group that claims to promote freedom of speech, actually
discouraged acceptance.


Billboard aren't free press. They are (private) media for conveying
commercial messages. The owners of this media are free to reject any
message they deem not in their best interests.

Hint: Buy your own billboard.


Because, among other things, of the "Lady Bird Johnson act it's diffiult to
find legal sites for bill boards that already sewed up by the "big boys."
If the "big boys" together decide that a certain set of ads should not be
placed, it will be difficult to find another placement site.

But, yeah, it's good advice to tell folks on the fringe to buy their own
bill boards.

Bill boards are truly unique in that once posted it's difficult to censor.
Thus, you reach folks who might not want to watch the television networks or
read the news outlets that let your view of the world see the light of day.

The John Birch Society, for example, was able to but a few billboard ads
back in 1980. I doubt that a similar organization could buy highly visible
space today.


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Old June 25th, 2009, 12:56 AM posted to rec.org.mensa,rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Default Free speech officially gone from US Constitution?

John Gilmer wrote:

"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote in message
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noauth wrote:

Apparently so.
A Free Press For A Free People -
Headline;
Billboard Cartel Says 'No' to Eligibility Ads

A fourth billboard company has rejected a campaign designed to raise
visibility on questions surrounding Barack Obama's eligibility for
office -
this time by claiming the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, a
trade
and lobbying group that claims to promote freedom of speech, actually
discouraged acceptance.


Billboard aren't free press. They are (private) media for conveying
commercial messages. The owners of this media are free to reject any
message they deem not in their best interests.

Hint: Buy your own billboard.


Because, among other things, of the "Lady Bird Johnson act it's diffiult to
find legal sites for bill boards that already sewed up by the "big boys."


Along interstate highways. Buy some along local arterials.

If the "big boys" together decide that a certain set of ads should not be
placed, it will be difficult to find another placement site.

But, yeah, it's good advice to tell folks on the fringe to buy their own
bill boards.


Being 'on the fringe' suggests that the message in question won't be
popular. If its supporters have any economic sense, they'll choose a
marketing channel that will generate more positive impressions.

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Paul Hovnanian
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