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Twitter To World: Political Message Reach Should Be Earned, Not Bought

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of @Twitter, and founder and CEO of Square, made some interesting Tweets today to announce Twitter's new policy that bans all political advertising from the platform. We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…? — jack ??? (@jack) October 30, 2019 Dorsey goes …

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Facebook’s Rogue Founder, Chris Hughes, Funds Anti-Monopoly Efforts

Do you know Mark? Mark knows you. Do you know who does know, Mark? Chris Hughes knows Mark. Hughes was there along with fellow Harvard undergrads Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, and Dustin Moskovitz when Facebook was founded in 2004. Incidentally, Adpulp was founded a few months later that same year. Because Hughes knows Mark, he is critical of Mark's choices and the unnatural powers afforded to him. …

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Democrats Need “A Competent Communications Strategist” (And A Kick in the Ass)

Jodi Jacobson is the editor-in-chief of Rewire.News. She has some advice for the Democratic Party. Message to @HouseDemocrats & @SenateDems: Please get a competent communications strategist. You have before you the SIMPLEST to explain of innumerable crimes committed by this president & this administration and yet STILL you are screwing it up. It is astounding. Some tips: — Jodi Jacobson …

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This Is Definitive Lipstick on the Pig

Yesterday, I published an article on LinkedIn called, "The Pursuit of Brand Truth Is The Real Work of Advertising Professionals." This is how the article starts: Advertisers want to place their products and services in the best possible light. It's a natural desire and a legitimate business concept. The problems start when brand managers think that "the best possible light" has anything at all to do with …

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Playing the Plame Game in Northern New Mexico

Lady driving backwards through the desert in a Camaro. That's American.  Lady intelligence officer dangerously outed in a political hit. Not American. https://youtu.be/ICW-dGD1M18 Valeria Plame, the former undercover CIA agent, is now a candidate for Congress in New Mexico's third district. The incumbent Congressman, Ben Ray Luján, is running for U.S. Senate. Plame was operations chief at the Joint …

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Not Just Another Acronym (ICYMI)

Political advertising isn't like other advertising. In many cases, it's not nearly as good. There are copious reasons for this, ranging from minuscule budgets to the client's hatred of marketing, and a widely held belief in political circles that a candidate's positions and policies matter most. Thankfully, there are a few rays of sunshine bursting through the dark clouds. OZY introduces us to one such ray of …

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Conservative Democrats Will Be Primaried

Jessica Cisneros is running for Congress in south Texas. To win, she must first beat the Democratic Party incumbent, Rep. Henry Cuellar, in the primary election. Cuellar has been called "Trump's favorite Democrat," and he has an A-rating from the NRA. The Democrat in-name-only voted with Trump 67 percent of the time in the 115th Congress, the second-highest score for a House Democrat, according to CQ Vote …

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Cornyn The Divider Has A Mountain of Cash, But No Clue

For the past 40 or more years, "Liberal" has been a bad word in Texas. Senator John Cornyn still lives in that throwback era, although time is now catching up to him and his kind. Let's look at the last gasps of a desperate GOP, and the tired arguments they continue to rely on. Since Cornyn isn't running against a name-brand Democrat, his team decided to place Wendy Davis, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and …

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