« Obama conference calls with Jewish leaders
Media BS: Misrepresenting the Democratic Race for the White House »



Anti-Obama Ad Briefly On TMV Beyond Our Control (UPDATED)

January 28th, 2008
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief

Print Print

NOTE TO READERS: It has come to our attention that an anti-Obama ad was briefly on TMV under the Google Ads section. It was one of those small line ads. It was the Muslim charge that has been made against him (see previous post since it’s related).

If you look, you’ll see THAT AD is gone now. These ads rotate. We don’t inspect each ad and neither this site or any weblog by running ads endorses each product or sentence in it. These are put on in essence by robot. We have no complaints with Google Ads, in fact (and have purchased some stuff ourselves from them).

But it was brought to our attention that it was on this site earlier. Check and — as this is written — it has vanished.

UPDATE: To clarify — and anyone who reads TMV knows we have done a zillion posts blasting the attacks on Barack Obama — the ad had a false charge..the one that Obama is a Muslim. And you have to couple THAT with saying the issue isn’t being a Muslim — there is obviously nothing at all wrong with that — but it is false and used to whip up anti-Muslim feelings.

Also, throughout the DAY these ads are changed and there may be ads for or against candidates. These are again put in by robot. We don’t endorse an ad asking people to vote for Obama, Ms. Clinton, Ron Paul, etc. Or asking them not to vote for them. These ads to provide revenue for TMV and blogs do run ads.

If you or anyone spots an ad like this in the future, simply drop us an EMAIL and if it’s a problem that needs to be fixed, we’ll try and fix it. Google Ads are rotated so that particular ad is gone already and since this is the silly season known as election year, there could be other political ads that pop up. Sometimes we’ve seen little ads on immigration or other political matters that we don’t agree with…but these are all rotated.

Here’s a link to a blog post about the ad that was on our site. We didn’t know until we saw the post.



This entry was posted on Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm and is filed under At TMV. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Viewing 1 Comment

 
close Reblog this comment
Powered by Disqus · Learn more
blog comments powered by Disqus

« Obama conference calls with Jewish leaders
Media BS: Misrepresenting the Democratic Race for the White House »


By posting comments on The Moderate Voice you are acknowledging and agreeing to the following general comments policy:

(1) The Moderate Voice's comments are hosted by Disqus (http://disqus.com). If your comment doesn't appear immediately, please be patient since it is an off-site system.

(2) All e-mail received from readers by The Moderate Voice is considered intended for publication unless otherwise indicated in the initial message from the writer. Please do not send us attachments unless you contact us and we agree to it.

(3)The Moderate Voice reserves the right to edit all e-mail and posted comments for content, clarity, and length.

(4) Our comment space is reserved for comments that relate to a post's topic. You should not reprint lengthy text from your own works or those of others, including news articles. You MAY link to them.

(5) Comments that are abusive, offensive, contain profane or racist material or violate the terms of service for this blog's host provider will be removed and the author(s) banned from future comments. Such comments also violate the very SPIRIT of this site -- which was created to encourage thoughtful and vigorous discussion among readers who may share differing viewpoints.

(6) All points of view are welcome on The Moderate Voice, with the following exceptions:

(a) Comments posted several times a day with the intent of dominating, re-directing or hijacking the thread by turning a discussion into the equivalent of a bitter shouting match.

(b) Comments posted several times a day that insult or call other commenters or blog writers names or repeatedly make the same point with the effect of or clear intent to annoy other commenters or blog writers.

(7) Name-calling, personal attacks, racist comments or use of profanity by any commenter, whether they are by persons who agree or disagree with the views expressed by The Moderate Voice will NOT be tolerated and will result in the deletion of the comment and the banning of the commenter's ISP address, without notice. In some cases a comment may be deleted and the writer will be given another chance. Commenters who virtually ASK The Moderate Voice to ban them by ignoring any warnings or daring TMV to ban them will quickly get their wish.

(8) Anonymous commenters should identify themselves with the same moniker, so readers know their comments are coming from a single individual. If they don't, they are subject to a banning.

(9)If we have problems with inappropriate or inflammatory comments from a commenter who it turns out gave a fake email address that person is subject to immediate banning.

(10) Quotes from material appearing on The Moderate Voice with attribution are allowed. Reprints are allowed only by permission from The Moderate Voice. You may request permission by e-mail.

(11) The Moderate Voice is a personal site. It is not the Government. It is NOT aligned with any political party. It is NOT promoting any specific candidate for office. It is not a public institution or a media organization. It is not a neutral site. It is intended to express and disseminate the authors' varying points of views. Writers on this weblog WILL take positions. It reserves the right to limit comments to those that, in its view, comport with its stated comment policy. Comments that do not comply are subject to deletion and banning of the author's ISP.

Disclaimer:

--Reading and posting comments at The Moderate Voice constitutes acknowledgment of and agreement to the terms outlined in this comment policy. This comment policy may be revised in part or in full at any time.

--All comments must comport with applicable state and federal laws. The Moderate Voice has no obigation to monitor, edit, censor, or take responsibility for comments. It may or may not act upon a violation of its comment policy once a suspected violation has been brought to its attention. Therefore, commenters are solely responsible for the content of their comments and should ensure that that their comments are lawful and fall within the stated guidelines of both The Moderate Voice and its hosting company.

--The Moderate Voice is not be responsible for injury or liability to any reader or commenter resulting from its own communications or those of commenters, that may be offensive, misleading, inaccurate, illegal, or otherwise unsuitable in the view of the reader. Readers and commenters further agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Moderate Voice from claims resulting from the use of any material appearing on The Moderate Voice which damages the reader, commenter or any other party.

--The Moderate Voice is not responsible for and might disagree with material posted in the comments section. While we strive for accuracy in our posts and DO correct errors, material posted by The Moderate Voice in its posts -- or those left by others in the comments section -- may or may not be accurate.

Read and Post at your own risk.