Planned Parenthood’s “heavily edited” attempt at Family-friendly Ad Campaign, Part One

By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRLC Director of Education & Research If you turned on one of the cable TV news shows today, you may have seen it. It has been running for several weeks now. Spoiler alert: Never in your wildest imagination did you anticipate seeing this. The commercial begins with pensive music playing …

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Affirmative Superbowl ads? Apparently not this time

By Dave Andrusko I’ve been scrounging around, checking to see what ads will be running this Sunday in Superbowl 51 [aka LI]. I hope I missed one that compares with last’s year’s wonderful “Ultrasound.” On the off-chance you didn’t see or hear about the 2016 ad, here’s a reminder and the backdrop. PepsiCo, the parent …

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Facebook reverses course after first offering absurd reason to reject CPC ad

By Dave Andrusko Ok, I grant you there is no necessary linkage. But… (1) Facebook’s cofounder has pledged to give $20 million “to political groups that support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton,” according to the Washington Post. (2) That, as of May, “Facebook employees as individuals have donated more than $114,000 to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton …

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Louisiana Right to Life Responds to ad by Pro-Abortion Groups

DID YOU SEE OUR ADS IN THE ADVOCATE THIS WEEK? Editor’s note. This comes from Louisiana Right to Life, NRLC’s state affiliate. A few weeks ago pro-abortion groups, including Catholics for Choice, UltraViolet and Planned Parenthood, signed on to an ad that ran in The Advocate [a newspaper] and The Shreveport Times urging Louisiana citizens …

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