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When is schoolyard bullying ok?
According to this PSA, when the parents of the kid being bullied didn’t vote.
Public service announcement
message in the public interest, often disseminated as a free advertisement
Elections & Public Integrity
Elections officials say they want to recognize you
With the new voter ID requirement taking effect during the March 15 primary, the State Board of Elections has put out a new public service announcement reminding voters that they’ll…
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Tuesday at the Movies
Surely, you are annoyed by government telling you not to drink and drive. This year, we are told that designated drivers are supposed to be sober. Who’da thunk? What’s more,…
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PSA: Scam Alert
No, you didn’t miss jury duty.
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Anti-Texting PSA: Perfect
The production values are off-the-charts in this UK produced public service announcement warning of the dangers of texting while driving. Great that AAA of the Carolinas is bringing it stateside.…
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Listen to the celebrities
Thanks to John R. Graham for pointing to this important public service announcement on health care.
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Uh, About Those Non-Campaign Related City Produced TV Spots
City Councilman John Lassiter thinks the spots in question are so non-campaign related he put his City Source profile on his…Lassiter for Mayor web site. Not sure what this says…
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Give a $#@%in’ hoot, dawg
Newsbusters discusses the debate over BET TV’s decision to use a profanity-laden PSA to encourage kids to “read a [M-F-in’] book, [N-word.] Full, non-excised lyrics and the discussion are here.
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Everything in moderation
So I’m sitting here watching the Wake-Carolina game and reading this post on Progressive Pulse when the very commercial for the N.C. Problem Gambling Hotline appears on the tube. It’s…
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Paternalism
Rarely hear it so well-meant and yet so open: Your child has you, and you have WIC. (A public service announcement heard on Roanoke, VA, television this a.m.)
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Please Pardon My Self-Promotion As We Grieve
Departing momentarily from the Reagan remembrances, John Hood’s tongue-in-cheek column today on PSAs (starring elected North Carolina officials) led me to hearken back to my own reporting on how Gov.…
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On the unique pain that is the new “Goodness Grows in NC” PSA
This radio commercial opens with some woman being accosted for not “buying North Carolina” by a fellow with a distinctly whiny, nasally voice. If you haven’t heard it yet (lucky…