I’m watching that game and I didn’t see any ad like that...

When they pay for your meals, obligations are inferred.

They ran it last week too

When they pay the demanded price?

Ha, yeah. I wish large corporations were that morally hinged.

They are, as long as it doesn't damage their profits.

Like Big Dan Teague said "It's all about the money boys!"

FOX def doesn't give a shut as long as you can pay

Unlike the news Channel with the same name would have you beleive, the FOX network is anything but conservative.

When Psyops collide.

They’ve been running these ads for months now. I’ve seen them on a lot of channels.

This actually goes to show that NFL is losing advertisers if they are stooping to that level.

I'm sure they paid plenty, too, but I can't imagine that the NFL wouldn't have preferred to sell the slot to a conventional company. I've also noticed how many slots have been filled by pushing their own shows - that is often a tell that they had slots that didn't sell.

They've been airing their ads since before The Shitstain even started campaigning.

Who gives a shit, they bought a Superbowl commercial a few years back and no one shit the bed.

Why do you only care now?

Ah, I probably shouldn't assume.

But the Superbowl commercial was early 2010's.

Why should they be concerned? There is enough information online about Scientology to sway an opinion.

I get you're concerned for people, but let's be honest with ourselves. This is nothing out of the ordinary, hell even the lowest priced package for Directtv features the Scientology channel. Should be be concerned for any person with DirectTV?

They often do, because this subreddit is not the same as it used to be.

It's way too spastic and alarmist.

This is fucking hilarious. No surprise coming from Fox News either. To answer your question, yes, the media has advertised for Scientology before, and yes, it was just as hilarious as this.

Remember when The Atlantic published an advertisement for Scientology that looked like an article, then their marketing team deleted all of the comments critical of the "article?" After the backlash, they deleted the piece and said "We screwed up." https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/the-atlantic-apologizes-for-scientology-ad/?_r=0

Church of Scientology Runs Commercials on CNN https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-of-scientology-runs-commercials-on-cnn/

Add for Scientology that ran on NBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrl3bU1-vvE&feature=youtu.be

In the comments, they clearly censored a lot of negative stuff, and then tried to claim the negative comments were from "fake accounts" as a justification.

The first thing we try to ascertain quickly is if the posting account is real or not, and I can tell you that in roughly 90% of the negative posts, and roughly 30% of neutral or positive posts, are from what appear to be fake accounts, therefore we don't share them.

Full page Scientology as on the New York Times: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-york-times-runs-scientology-764476

But I am curious.

What live action anime are they? Only Rurouni Kenshin pulled it off.

So what new live action is it?

Scientology, unleashed!

They probably just payed for the spot, just like Pepsi does

Scientology has been running adds on DirecTV for months now. So, if you are watching via DirecTV, it is because of that not Fox.

Do you know what the ads are like?

Scientology paid for the ad and both Fox and NFL go to the highest bidder without ethics. That's just the capitalist world we now inhabit.

They’ve run ads during the Super Bowl before too.

Lets google how ad spots work

Your point is that you're bad at understanding how business works?

Your post is made because you lack a fundamental understanding of ads. I'm sorry that this is insulting to you.

Scientology is a registered religion. Fox is not in the business of religious discrimination. You not knowing this doesn't make the topic interesting or controversial. You say it's a cult. It's not universally regarded as such. What is hard to understand about this?

Your comment is made because you're blatently being a massive egotistical asshole, dude.

No u

By the way, your post literally solicits feedback about your reaction.

You scrutinizing a reply that in essence, speaks to your reaction makes it pretty obvious that you were never interested in hearing dissenting opinion, so have fun with your miopic echo chamber.

Public opinion might see them as a cult, but as long as your government doesn't see them that way networks like FOX could probably get into trouble for discrimination of a religion had they refused to run the tv spot.

Yeah, I thought this too. If someone pays for air time for an ad, then Fox really doesn't care. They are getting their money. This doesn't necessarily mean Fox supports Scientology. It's business.

Pay the toll and they show it, probably something with them being a supposed religion they have to allow it.

Save me, Tom Cruise!!!

Fox also now owns National Geographic, and ran a Global Warming documentary with Will Smith narrating, that basically said the climate has always been chamging, and that the current swing is totally normal, and no way influenced by mankind.

you realize that there is still literally zero proof that humans have any real impact on climate change though right?

I saw that too and was also surprised. But it's just another commercial to ignore like boner pills and I want my money now ads.

I guess Scientology paid for the air time to advertise. I don't think that necessarily means Fox supports them.

I grew up in the 1970s. Every 5 minutes the Dianetics commercial with the Volcano came on TV. Everyone I knew just ignored it. Nobody I know bought the book or joined Scientology because of it.

Could you tell the difference between the ad, and say, Fox News???

They've been running on the ESPN Watch football games also.

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They run these ads on directv all the time. Scientology even has their own channel on directv

I've seen scientology commercials on ESPN

Wait til you see all of the commercials they run for big Pharma and shitty politicians...

Me: Morally bankrupt network with questionable business practices. Straight up lying and misleading during broadcasts.

Them: Morally bankrupt organisation with millions upon millions of dollars to spend to mislead the population.

Result: Pretty obvious, isn't it?

Now that's interesting..

Just want to point out Fox Sports is not Fox News. Parent Company is 21st Century Fox and there is some common ownership and control, but it is an entertainment conglomerate, not a conservative agenda conglomerate. Fox News is just one of their many entertainment arms. Also a buyout by Disney was approved a few months ago, not sure what the status of that merger and acquisition is currently. 21st century also owns major stake in Hulu, Sky TV (UK), the whole 21st century Fox film and television behemoth, etc. Just, in a nutshell, don't confuse the views of entertainment channel Fox News with the actual views of Disney / 21st Century Fox etc. Not the same thing. It's all just business. Scientology pays, they get to show their propaganda, just like politicians, special interest groups, and big pharm. If you disapprove, stop watching.

Leah Remini really struck a nerve with them

Are you ok with them running ads for defense contractors too?