World gone mad: Father's Day ads pulled from TV for being too 'political'

[mjk45]

Flilix said:

mjk45 said:

The reason it's an issue is theres a postal plebascite vote on same sex marriage coming up and  bothsides have started add campaigns and we have had controversy due to false claims on the anti side , once the plebiscite is over then they will have their adds status be back to normal.

I understand that the tv channel didn't want the ad to be broadcasted, anything gay-related could bring them in trouble right now because people would blame them for picking sides.

It's not so much the broadcasters getting in trouble because it's ok , the trouble is the goverment wanted a plebiscite run by the electrol commission and that was defeated in the senate by opponents who saw the impact of the vitriol unleashed in irelands plebiscite so wanted a concious vote in parliament , something the minority but powerful conservative faction inside the ruling liberal party  where against, they then went for a postal plebiscite run by the department of statstistics , something that didn't need legislation to get around having a vote in parliament , the problem is unlike the electrol commission model whose electrol laws covering advertising would have covered the plebiscite , there is none for the new postal plebiscite ,so this failure to put safegaurds into the new plebiscite has meant that the broadcasters have been left holding the ball in what is an very immotive subject no matter your side.

On another note this might be for nought since the high court has to rule on it's legality.