tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252148456560466396.post7460500908952452228..comments2023-06-19T13:17:55.210+00:00Comments on MediaPaL@LSE: Subverting the ban on political advertising?Andrew Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664518896648660120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252148456560466396.post-45327720140474824732007-03-28T14:59:00.000+00:002007-03-28T14:59:00.000+00:00If I might be permitted to point to an Irish examp...If I might be permitted to point to an Irish example, similar Irish legislation bans both political and religious advertising. When the <A HREF="http://www.bai.ie" REL="nofollow">Broadcasting Authority of Ireland</A> sought to ban a <A HREF="http://www.trocaire.ie/" REL="nofollow">charity</A>'s ad on the basis that it was campaigning and therefore political, the radio advert was immediately podcast, the tv advert was immediately available on YouTube, and the charity itself made them available on their own website. The matter was eventually resolved by a revision to the text of the ads. I have posts about it <A HREF="http://www.cearta.ie/2007/03/political-advertising-the-bci-and-trocaire/" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://www.cearta.ie/2007/03/trocaire-revise-ads-in-face-of-bci-ban/" REL="nofollow">here </A> on my blog, the first detailing the legal background, the second discussing the outcome of that controversy and other similar ones relating to both bans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252148456560466396.post-39240282456200305842007-03-26T11:13:00.000+00:002007-03-26T11:13:00.000+00:00For a related story - from the campaign for the De...For a related story - from the campaign for the Democratic Party nomination in the US - on this point, see: http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2042049,00.html<BR/><BR/>...and countless US blogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com