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quakerboy

(13,923 posts)
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 02:00 PM Oct 2016

A radio station promotion, and a question

as I was flipping through radio stations, I landed on 95.5, here in the Portland area. They are having one of those money give away promotions, as radio stations do. They give a code, you text in, and someone gets some cash.

They call it "trump change". Trumpesque voice talking about how hes giving his money away because people need it, denigrating Hillary occasionally, all that.

It was a bit odd, but radio stations are good at odd. But it kinda stuck with me. There was no disclaimer that trump wasn't actually involved. So at the end of the day, you have a radio station aimed at gen x and millennials, telling people trump is giving them money, and repeating his name hundreds of times a day.

Isn't that free campaign advertising? Is that legal?

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A radio station promotion, and a question (Original Post) quakerboy Oct 2016 OP
I don't now about the legality of this promotion, but it would be great No Vested Interest Oct 2016 #1

No Vested Interest

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1. I don't now about the legality of this promotion, but it would be great
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 02:27 PM
Oct 2016

if the winner announced he/she was giving the amount to the Clinton campaign.

It's worth a try.

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