Academy Awards prohibit advertisements for guns, gun shows, ammunition…and feminine hygiene products
The Super Bowl and the highly anticipated ads the come with it are behind us, but companies are still vying for ad time at the next big event – the 92nd Academy Awards. According to Business Insider, a 30 second add during the awards costs approximately $2.6 million dollars (https://www.insider.com/surprising-facts-2020-oscars-academy-awards-ceremony-costs#nearly-a-third-of-this-years-nominees-are-women-the-highest-proportion-ever-18). In the past, the show […]
The Debate over Manipulated Media – Do “Deep fakes” impose too high a bar?
Donald Trump once again is targeting top Democrat and House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, with another (obviously?) edited video. However, this time, the video is not a sophisticated “deepfake” like the one used previously to imply Pelosi was slurring her speech. Instead, this video includes footage of events that actually took place with the exception of […]