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Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry (www.desmog.com)

submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think the issue is that who paid for the ads wasn't previously clear - the gas industry used a front group.

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[–] RooPappy@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago

If you see a lot of ads promoting any political point of view, you can usually assume that someone with entirely too much money is in favor of it, and you probably shouldn't be.

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