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[–]awlawall 154 points155 points  (16 children)

How about they just ban political ads all together.

[–]Lurkingdrake 44 points45 points  (8 children)

Aren’t they? It says they’re banning political ads in general.

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    [–]Lurkingdrake 16 points17 points  (1 child)

    From what I read around an hour ago they’re now allowing all political ads again. The monkey paw curls.

    [–]Inn_Unknown 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    You know how it goes, "Something something muh politics evereything is politcial blah bla blah".

    Yes the typos were intentional :P

    [–]Sincost121 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    On the surface, I'd agree, but it can be troubling depending on what exactly they consider political or not.

    [–]Methzilla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Agreed. I get the sentiment, but figuring out where the line is, is very hard.

    [–]heckler5000 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    That was the policy. Somebody just messed up real bad and now there are going to be political commercials from both sides.

    Pitchforks for pasta.

    [–]HoldThePao 75 points76 points  (51 children)

    Just wanna say that when I was at Hulu the most watched channel for the live tv service was Fox News. Not by a small margin either it was watched literally more then every other channel combined. I would get calls asking for us to stop playing joe Biden campaign ads. So I can only imagine this is related in some way. They were getting blown up on customer complaints about the commercial.

    [–]Kurotan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    This is so weird to me because when I look at Hulu and it's original shows and stuff I think it's probably the most liberal of the streaming services.

    Apparently I'm wrong with my interpretation I guess.

    [–]broadcaster44 17 points18 points  (46 children)

    The ratings for Fox News are almost as high as every other network combined, so it sounds like Hulu is representative of the nation as a whole.

    [–]Tracuivel 32 points33 points  (0 children)

    That's not even remotely true.

    https://www.nationalmediaspots.com/us-cable-tv-network-and-program-rankings.php

    It's true that Fox News typically gets the best ratings of any cable network, but "as high as every other network combined" is obviously false. There would be multiple Fox News channels, were that true.

    [–]catptain-kdar 10 points11 points  (44 children)

    That is the one thing that never makes sense to me if conservatives are a minority why is Fox News the most watched channel and highest rated? Do liberals just not watch news?

    [–]Gcarsk 30 points31 points  (1 child)

    Becauase there are only a couple far-right “news” (legally entertainment) companies. OAN, Fox, Newsmax, Breitbart, and Daily Wire, Turning Point USA (and only Fox has a real tv presence).

    Moderate/centrist/left Americans have way more variety for large news sources. NPR, CBS, ABC, BBC, NY Times, NBC, AP, PBS, Reuters, The Guardian, Vice, MSNBC, etc.

    [–]ArtisanSamosa 26 points27 points  (0 children)

    Left leaning people get their news from a variety of sources. Especially younger ones who read more or follow online sources. I've noticed conservatives seem really just go for a couple, but Fox is pretty much always on that list.

    [–]Legitimate_Page 31 points32 points  (28 children)

    Intelligent people get their news from a variety of sources, including from both sides. I know some of the most left leaning, liberal, anti-capitalist college professors, and they still watch Fox so they know what the other side is saying.

    [–]Responsible-Bread996 1 point2 points  (6 children)

    I'm still not sold on the idea that consuming a variety of views is good for you when there are pretty neutral fact based news sources and analysis readily available that don't prey on emotion as much. AP and Reuters are both pretty solid neutral fact based reporting.

    I do find it funny that the economist has been moved from being right leaning to left leaning all while maintaining pretty much the same analysis viewpoint since forever. Frankly I think they are still a good source if you want to know what is going on in the world at large from an economic point of view.

    The American Right seems to have switched away from "free market is best" quite a bit quickly after Trump went hard into "government should use as much leverage as possible to manipulate global markets" with his OPEC+ deal, China trade war, and lumber war with Canada.

    [–]Legitimate_Page 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    That's true, but it's important to listen to what everyone is saying, in a general sense, their opinions. Think of it this way, politicians who run based completely on fact, analysis, data, etc, almost certainly never get elected to office these days. You also have to get a sense for how people feel, peers or adversaries. You cant talk to everyone all the time, the opinion peices can give you a general sense of what one side is feeling. Despite what any particular group of people tell you, feelings do matter in the world when you want to get things done/change things. Should it be that way? As a scientist, I'm going to lean twords no it shouldn't, but that's just the way things are.

    [–]Responsible-Bread996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Think of it this way, politicians who run based completely on fact, analysis, data, etc, almost certainly never get elected to office these days.

    It isn't a popular platform, but I still vote for them. Combined with using absentee ballots most elections, I tend to vote for a lot of people that drop out of the race after I already submitted my ballot.

    But in hindsight, who is seriously going to argue that they would still prefer Biden over Buttigieg? We'll get another one in office sooner or later.

    [–]MessiahPrinny 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    There is ALWAYS bias. News isn't ever spat out by a robot. That's why you go to a variety of sources. You can paint a mosaic of the issues and filter out each outlets biases. Even Reuters and AP have their biases, it's silly to think they don't. There's no such thing as an unbiased source. Biases are human.

    [–]Responsible-Bread996 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    I'm aware.

    But intentionally consuming severe bias in a "hope that it will even out" doesn't make you better informed. The human mind doesn't work that way.

    [–]MessiahPrinny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I said nothing about intentionally going to biased sources. My point was about accepting that all sources are going to have their biases and accept that. For example I would never go to WaPo when the subject is Jeff Bezos or anything adjacent to his bugbears, but I trust their reporting on a lot of other things.

    [–]and_dont_blink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just to touch on the OPEC trade deal as it's something that came up in class -- its been kind of misrepresented around places like reddit. It was less about T and more about a lot of livelihoods. What happened was OPEC and Russia started a price war in order to drive American companies out of business, because our oil costs more to procure due both because it's harder to get and regulations. Once they were gone, the price would go back up and they'd own the market. The administration basically strong-armed them into stopping the dumping so ours would stay in business (removing environmental and other regulations wasn't on the table).

    The lumber was tit-for-tat that most weren't aware of, but the China tariffs pissed a whole lot of people off due to the cost of steel. Most of them saw it as "this will suck, but if we keep letting this happen it will just get worse." It's true they may not have sung that tune if a Democratic president was doing it, but in fairness the Democrats were oddly against them yet are oddly OK with Biden leaving them in place and even imposing more.

    Meh, none of this should be on /entertainment

    [–]mekese2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Like Reddit

    [–]Gaerielyafuck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    The kind of people that comprise the regular Fox audience believe that anything remotely moderate that challenges their right-wing beliefs may as well be radical woke communism. That sounds sarcastic, but they reject even the most objective, centered news sources as leftist. Everyone to the left of Fox is liberal propaganda to most of Fox's audience.

    [–]barkworsethanbites 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Also when I lived in Dallas ( horrible) most of the local stations where fox affiliates? It was super hard to find one that wasn’t!

    [–]Hushnw52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Liberals get their news from multiple places

    [–]broadcaster44 -5 points-4 points  (3 children)

    Most of the country is relatively moderate, despite the very loud voices on both sides. Moderates decide elections and watch news. Fox News, despite its reputation, is just the best at covering what moderates care about.

    [–]lkattan3 8 points9 points  (2 children)

    40% identify as independent. That is not equivalent to moderate. I’m tired of this old trope that can’t really be supported.

    [–]DID_IT_FOR_YOU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It’s because “liberals” are split between multiple networks (CNN, MSNBC, CBS, etc) while conservatives until recently only had FOX. There’s been new conservative networks popping up like OAN but they haven’t really made a dent into FOX’s audience. It’s hard to convince people who’ve watched FOX for decades to switch.

    [–]sixtus_clegane119 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Couldn’t they use the algorithm and only put these adds on the account of someone with whose account doesn’t view Fox News?

    [–]nooshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I find it Ironic that they host Hand's Maid Tales along with Fox News.. Thats for pointing out how HULU is helping to destroy our democracy. I'll cancel that subscription now.

    [–]Jasonlovestummyrub 35 points36 points  (1 child)

    And yet I get ads on Hulu by Americans for Prosperity almost every break for how the government is “mishandling gas and impacting poor regular citizens” and “find out how by visiting their website”

    [–]Trouble_Grand 53 points54 points  (3 children)

    Good thing I don’t watch ads nor care cause they all suck. Ads in general

    [–]Terrible_Truth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    If you watch Hulu within a web browser with ad block, you won't get ads. That's why I use a computer connected to my TV rather than a game console or smart TV app.

    [–]Stingray88 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Right, same here. I have the ad-free tier of Hulu, don't watch Grey's Anatomy, and I don't subscribe to their live TV service (because that's literally just going back to shit cable).

    I don't watch or listen to ads anywhere. Best way to live.

    [–]Dore81 62 points63 points  (11 children)

    I hate to say it but here we go. Political ads in either direction should be banned. We banned cigarette ads in 1971 but unfortunately stopped short there. Ads were invented to sell products, not ideals. And if you are getting your political insights from your tv I highly suggest you stop watching.

    [–]DonQOnIce 22 points23 points  (1 child)

    I think we should run ads reminding people of Election Day and how to find their polling place though and that’s it.

    [–]Dore81 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    That’s an extremely good idea.

    [–]Kurotan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    I don't hate to say it, ban them all. All political Ads. Especially campaign ones during election time since all they do is crap on each other and never say what they stand for.

    [–]LoddyDoddee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    The political ads make me angry, qnd you can't skip them

    [–]burner91190210 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    This. Thank you for saying what needed to be said.

    [–]doesntgetthepicture 7 points8 points  (3 children)

    Who gets decide what is considered political?

    [–]Dore81 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    An extremely good question. I would assume the money funding the ad is a good place to start.

    [–]doesntgetthepicture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Maybe. Still tricky.

    [–]shittiestpizza -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Name checks out.

    [–]Responsible-Bread996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Honestly, this would solve a lot of issues with campaign finance. It would change it to a battle of ideas instead of the current "who can afford the best media buyers and ad creative" system we have.

    [–]Savings_Carpenter_27 33 points34 points  (16 children)

    Disney specifically said they would not run political ads on their streaming services. How is this hard to figure out?

    [–]readerf52 18 points19 points  (3 children)

    According to the article, they ran a trump ad about the fake deep state in 2020.

    So, yeah, just not running political ads seems like the obvious solution, but this new guy at Disney doesn’t do obvious.

    [–]Savings_Carpenter_27 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    The comment Disney made was after the Reedy Creek vote. So, what they did in the past doesn’t matter at this moment.

    [–]R_Meyer1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    That was two years ago.

    [–]lostshell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    So? They helped get red votes to the polls. They can now help get blue votes to the polls.

    [–]TheLordofthething 11 points12 points  (9 children)

    Women not wanting to be forced to die or carry unwanted babies isn't a political issue. It's a human rights issue.

    [–]Savings_Carpenter_27 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Of course it is but if the organization running the ads are doing it for political purposes and are a political organization that operates as one, then we are talking about a totally different issue.

    [–]burnerbabe00 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    abortion is a human rights issue. the lack of gun control is clearly a public safety issue. It’s crazy that one minute ads is what people choose to get worked up over

    [–]jwrig 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    human rights is all about politics. sadly.

    [–]burner91190210 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    “Always has been.”

    [–]Kevinm2278 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    ..Is the baby covered under those “rights” ?

    [–]TheLordofthething 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    No, because a foetus isn't a baby

    [–]broadcaster44 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    Because people are stupid and will get offended by anything.

    [–]Savings_Carpenter_27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    And media organizations know how easy it is to troll folks on both the right and left. This is just an example.

    [–]chickenboneneck 21 points22 points  (35 children)

    [–]weatherbeknown -1 points0 points  (34 children)

    Doesn’t mean HULU’s intentions or beliefs have been reversed.

    Same reason Chick-Fil-a can eat a bag of dicks…!

    [–]chickenboneneck 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    You posted a story with old information so I left a comment so people would see the latest. I had no agenda.

    [–]weatherbeknown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    For sure. I didn’t think you specifically had an agenda. I was also just making sure people with the pitch forks kept them lol

    [–]Gomplischnoop 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Ah Chick-Fil-A, where their chicken kinda sucks and their higher ups support actual child torture

    [–]weatherbeknown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Their food is the same as all other fast food. For fast food, it’s better than some. It isn’t worth the car line it creates or the public law enforcement to direct traffic. But cults usually don’t choose to follow based off the quality of the product being offered…

    [–]CallOfKtulu24 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    People pay attention to ads? That’s wild.

    [–]Bippy73 8 points9 points  (1 child)

    I mean I don’t have a problem if they don’t do politics of any kind. That’s ok to me. If you’re trying to go for entertainment and not deal with any of it, I don’t have a problem with that as long as they don’t allow anyone to put any type of politics on. If they’re selecting only one side of the aisle, clearly that’s a problem

    [–]cosmogli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Their biggest moneymaker is Fox News. So, yeah.

    [–]LadyMidnite1014 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I haven't seen an ad yet that I'd sacrifice my shows over.

    [–]jaeelarr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    good. fuck political ads, regardless of the message. I dont need or want to see that shit when im trying to tune out the world while binging IT Crowd

    [–]Radimain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    How about they ban all ads period.

    [–]used_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    All Hulu shows me is HIV medication ads at 200% volume compared to the show.

    [–]Smeeply 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Does anyone know a solid way to avoid constant political messaging being shoved up my rectum?

    [–]Inn_Unknown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Unfortunately its everywhere now and if you say something apparently your the enemy BC ur sick of hearing about it.

    [–]DayleD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I called Hulu support about this, and they were entirely unprepared. They hadn’t heard about it, and took several minutes to understand that I wasn’t mad about seeing a particular ad I didn’t like.

    [–]auau_gold_scoffs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I speak for some of the users as a user myself no we don’t that very silly.

    [–]TheGriff8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I’m all for less politics in entertainment.

    [–]taarotqueen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    yeah i’m sorry but if i’m paying for a subscription to be able to watch whatever i want, i don’t want my show cut to hear about “oVeRspEndINg” and whatnot. the fact that hulu already shows 2 minute ad blocks multiple times throughout the program that i PAY for is bad enough already.

    i’m very left but no more political ads in general.

    [–]sno2787 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    As if Hulu's 10 minute long ads weren't already bad enough

    [–]Good-Values 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Hulu should understand that they are a TV channel and should not take biased political stands!!

    Shocked to hear such incident on Hulu..

    [–]catptain-kdar -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

    How is it biased to not show any political ads at all?

    [–]DayleD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Because that’s not what happened. They told the Democratic Party they couldn’t speak about guns, abortion, or climate change.

    [–]Change21 1 point2 points  (4 children)

    Shocking that Hulu would take a political stand like this.

    Burn them down.

    [–]blammycuzzing 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    Considering Hulu is owned 67% by Disney and 33% by Comcast, I’m not shocked.

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      [–]blammycuzzing 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      The sad truth.

      [–]LadyMidnite1014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Not sad. Just truth.

      [–]everyothernamegone 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      How many people are really going to boycott over this? I doubt it’ll move the needle.

      [–]MoufFarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Like most boycotts it’ll be people who never spent money with the company in the first place.

      [–]barkworsethanbites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Bye bye Hulu. I’m out. If they would have either shown everything equality or not shown the Trump ad I would have stayed. But you show a trump ad but not Jan 6? BYE canceling today.

      [–]4camjammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Already got rid of my Hulu subscription.

      [–]sinsrundeep 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      Just canceled service

      [–]R_Meyer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Bye you won’t be missed.

      [–]damon459 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I pay extra to not have ads so I don’t care what ads they do or don’t show as I don’t have to watch them.

      [–]HotBatSoup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Okay.

      Sorry you impoverished bastard still have to deal with the commercial tier at all.

      [–]annndaction12 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

      Just cancelled mine.

      [–]Fuzzlybear333 -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

      I am going to watch more Hulu. Good for them. I don't want to see political ads at all.

      [–]beefofboy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      abortions aren't political they're a human right

      [–]Status_Jackfruit_253 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      I don’t want to see that shit either.

      [–]GXC1586 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      They’ve been banning all political ads lol. Just more louds screaming bloody murder after they’ve already been bathing in hypocrisy. Politics shouldn’t be in entertainment. Corporations with blood on their hands shouldn’t be lecturing anyone on who to vote for. They already have most politicians in their pockets any ways.

      [–]peacefulflattulance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I paid for Hulu and still got ads, so I cancelled Hulu.

      [–]anemotionalread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      What if I don’t want my streaming service to have any political ads at all? I don’t want them. Stop protesting for this shit. I cut cable to get away from the nonsense.

      [–]pattyicevv77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      But I pay for no ads ?

      [–]NoMoLerking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I’ll just pay extra for the ad-free version. That’s fixed right?

      [–]Nightpain9 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      Doing the same about to switch the house to Youtube tv.

      Money is the only vote that matters. I will not fund this.

      [–]lostshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      If the corps are refusing to broadcast those talking points there's only one reason, the corps are well aware they're effective. They'll let Dems talk about infrastructure all day. That doesn't move the needle.

      Guns, Kids dying in schools, abortion? Those put asses in voting booths. Nothing more scary to the corps than blue voters hitting the polls.

      [–]dazzan2112 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Imagine not paying for Hulu without ads hugs money bags and curls mustache

      [–]sump-pump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Can we ban political and drug ads please.

      [–]wanderingartist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      It’s a good thing I hate Ads and I avoid them like the plague.

      [–]Dc9542 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      only ads i get/notice when i watch hulu live tv is the liberty mutual commercials with limu emu and doug

      [–]Rob0810 -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

      How to boycott Hulu:

      • download Plex (r/Plex is very helpful)
      • download a VPN (you should be using one already)
      • download Utorrent
      • goto Piratebay or Demonoid and grow your library.

      I did this when Netflix got rid of The Office (US) and haven’t looked back.

      [–]R_Meyer1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      No thank you that’s illegal

      [–]TwentyEightThree283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      It's legal in Cuba tho

      [–]Spartamare -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

      The U.S. is interesting. So far this year, a little over 25K lives have been lost to gun violence, and we talk about "control". In 2020, over 930K lives were lost to abortion, yet people fight for the "right".

      [–]Technical_End103 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

      Disney owns a 33% share in Hulu. Comcast owns another 33% but Disney will have the opinion in 2024 to buy Comcast’s 33% (not sure who owns the remainder). I can’t see Disney calling for a ban on ads for gun control and abortion rights, although they won’t have a majority share until 2024.

      Edit: Disney is apparently already a majority shareholder and will allow political ads such as gun control and abortion rights ads.

      https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/hulu-ads-political-issues-abortion-guns-1235326940/

      [–]rentalfloss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Disney owns a 67% share and Comcast a 33%.

      Here is wiki showing ownership. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu

      [–]dontwontcarequeend65 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

      My husband and I arguing about this this morning. I said to him, binge watch The Orville and then we getting rid of it. He says it's not going to make a difference. I'm mad as f***

      [–]MoufFarts 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      Divorce him, take custody of the kids, clear the joint bank accounts and lock him out of the house. Get a restraining order if you can.

      [–]dontwontcarequeend65 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      Lol. Naw . Immaa keep him. I'm probably going to disconnect Hulu after The Orville tho, I'm tech support round here.

      [–]MoufFarts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Haha, I was just giving what I see as typical advice on here when a couple has a small issue. Hulu reversed their decision anyway I believe.