# Newsmax Commercials on CNN **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [July 5, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419 "2020-07-05T23:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419/1 "2020-07-05T23:48:23Z")
They basically say, this station you’re watching is “fake news”, so come over to us. Is CNN required to accept these ads, or are they simply doing it to bring in more short-term revenue? If the latter, surely they don’t think that viewers would actually believe the ad, and go to Newsmax, right? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419/2 "2020-07-06T00:03:48Z")
Its probably coming from your cable company. They get to sell a few commercials an hour as well as CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419/3 "2020-07-06T17:09:42Z")
Right, should have thought of that. Since they don’t mention CNN directly, perhaps it’s hard to stop. I would have assumed that even filler ads must have some standard checks to make sure that they don’t say something that negatively portrays the actual channel that it’s being broadcast on.