Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want to be a credible candidate, you've got to buy ads. And if you're not buying ads, you're not a credible candidate, we don't cover you.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol and the filth that so often is part of the American political debate is that candidates have to stand by their ads.
When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them.
I'm not against T.V. advertising for campaigns, but we need to emphasize field campaigning much more than we do.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.
Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
Everyone knows that when you look at a television ad, you do not expect to get information. You expect to see delusion and imagery.
I think you will see a point where the traditional model of advertising on TV or advertising online will go, and advertisers will cover one programme, no matter what platform it's being broadcast on. You'll see the same ads whether you are watching it on your TV, your computer or your phone.
Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.