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[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 98 points 4 months ago

Multimillion-dollar ad-buys highlight a so-called “car ban”

A recent fuel manufacturers ad shows a woman driving through a suburban neighborhood. A narrator warns that “President Biden is banning most new gas cars” and that he has put the “freedom to choose what to drive in the rearview mirror.” As the woman drives, she notices that Biden is gleefully sitting in her back seat.

This kind of shit is why we need to have better regulation and oversight of advertisements.

  • ✅️ False information presented as fact.
  • ✅️ Fear mongering.
  • ✅️ Dishonest use of a political candidates likeness.

Even if the most rational voters fact-check what this ad is saying, it will still succeed at convincing emotionally-driven individuals to vote against Biden.

[-] Omega_Man@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I've been using Facebook marketplace recently, which has caused me to come into contact with my Facebook feed. The amount of disinformation on Facebook is absurd. It's probably a four to one ratio of disinformation to reality.

Do you know how many Hollywood stars are supposedly starting a "anti-woke" production studio?

  • Tim Allen
  • Richard Karn
  • Mel Gibson
  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Robert Downey Jr.

To name a few.

There are also tons of accounts that are clearly just farming engagement by posting AI generated pictures of veterans holding sign saying "t's my birthday."

[-] hark@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

If they're going to attack you for being a radical, you might as well be a radical, then you can actually get things done. We need radical policy to fight climate change and a gas car ban would actually go a long way toward that. Instead we'll have democrats insist they're not radical and try to prove it by promoting republican-lite policies. Republicans will attack him regardless. This song and dance has been on repeat for decades now, it's tiring.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The ads urge viewers in the key presidential and Senate swing states of Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Montana, Ohio and Texas to oppose Biden-era rules that improve fuel economy.

But political advertisement experts say the ad campaign echoes the broader conservative plan to mobilize people who are like-minded in their mistrust of electric vehicles, whether they’re base voters or those who’ve never voted.

But this election cycle, groups that are against expanded electric vehicle production and Biden's clean energy initiatives have targeted Democratic candidates in states with electoral significance–often with false claims about those climate policies.

In Wisconsin, an ad by the GOP funder Restoration PAC falsely claimed that Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., cut Medicare funding to redirect money to subsidize electric vehicles.

API spokesperson Bethany Williams said that their campaign is addressing a “de facto ban,” and despite running the ad in Pennsylvania and Michigan, they said they are not taking a stance on parties or the presidential election since they are a bipartisan organization.

“During an election year where inflation is top of mind, API is working to inform the debate and educate voters, candidates and policymakers on both sides of the aisle of the importance of sound energy policies,” Williams said in a statement.


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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Gee, I hope he doesn't wear a tan suit,

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