Posted on 10/02/2019 6:12:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump and his allies are outspending rivals on impeachment-related advertising on Facebook, demonstrating their dominance on the platform as they wrestle for control of a fast-evolving narrative that could threaten his presidency.
The spending discrepancy appears to be as gaping as 4 to 1, based on recent data from Facebook's public ad archive, which reports all figures in ranges.
Between Sept 20 and Tuesday morning (Oct 2), Trump allies funneled as much as US$3 million (S$4.1 million) into ads opposing impeachment or assailing House Democrats for beginning a formal inquiry, according to data analysed by Laura Edelson, a researcher at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering.
The cascade of money was answered by no more than US$703,000 (S$973,655) in spending on ads making the case for impeachment, the figures suggest.
Edelson looked at all posts that used the word "impeach" or "impeachment". These do not account for the totality of paid messaging on the subject, but they offer a snapshot of investments designed to shape how voters understand and interact with the showdown online.
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Spending money on the ad buys and actually seeing the ads are two different things. I haven’t seen any ads by Trump to date.
My suggestion to Facebook and the other social media platforms is to break off political rhetoric from the main sites. Let people go into a political forum and either debate the issues or say whatever they want. Solves all problems.
No wonder the Left wants to keep President Trump off of social media. The Democrat news media (all major newspapers, all television networks) are carrying water for the President’s enemies. If they can get him off social media, he will have no way of defending himself.
How do you think FB feels about Trump now that Warren looks to destroy FB.
They could finance Trump’s campaign out of the spare change in the break room sofas.
With Socialist Democrats wanting to break-up Facebook, and Trump supporting Facebook with millions upon millions in Facebook ads, Facebook will became a huge advocate for Trump’s re-election.
I am seeing tons of DJT adds on my feed lately. It’s a good thing imo.
Interesting question, but the answer lies in the fact that the loonie left loves power even more than they love money. They can manufacture money with power. The reverse is doable, but more complicated.
Remember that we think logically, they think emotionally, if they think at all.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. Related:
They will feel hate. They will still try to destroy Trump and America. The Left is not rational. It is a religion to them.
DId you see the President’s Tweets? OMG ROFLMAO!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1179502966606352386/video/1
https://twitter.com/i/status/1179542037479202816
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