{"id":1554917,"date":"2022-07-14T17:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554917"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:04:41","slug":"michigans-largest-newspaper-runs-social-media-ad-featuring-governor-whitmers-re-election-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-largest-newspaper-runs-social-media-ad-featuring-governor-whitmers-re-election-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan\u2019s Largest Newspaper Runs Social Media Ad Featuring Governor Whitmer\u2019s Re-Election Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigans-largest-newspaper-runs-social-media-ad-featuring-governor-whitmers-re-election-commercial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Detroit Free Press dedicated ad money to amplify its article about Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/in-first-re-election-ad-gretchen-whitmer-admits-the-last-few-years-have-been-tough\">first television commercial<\/a>, likely increasing the reach of the campaign spot and raising questions about the paper\u2019s objectivity in its gubernatorial election coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On social media feeds, the article was labeled \u201csponsored,\u201d indicating that the Free Press was spending money to promote it before it appeared to be taken down from the newspaper\u2019s Meta\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=all&#038;ad_type=all&#038;country=ALL&#038;view_all_page_id=13642915529&#038;search_type=page&#038;media_type=all\">ad library<\/a>. The sponsored ad began running on Tuesday and was active until disappearing Thursday afternoon after The Daily Wire reached out to the newspaper for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last few years have been tough, but we\u2019re tougher, and getting things done right now,\u201d Whitmer says in her 30-second commercial titled \u201cFamily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Headlined \u201cGov. Gretchen Whitmer, seeking a second four-year term, airs first TV campaign ad of 2022,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/07\/12\/whitmer-campaign-tv-ad-2022\/10035745002\/\">sponsored article<\/a> on the ad was written by Lansing Bureau Chief Paul Egan. He describes how Whitmer \u201chighlights challenges she has faced and touts her administration\u2019s accomplishments in the areas of child care and education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-408777\" class=\"wp-image-408777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Free-Press-Ad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-408777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot: Detroit Free Press Meta Ad Library<\/p>\n<p>The article breaks down Whitmer\u2019s commercial, referencing her experience handling a full-time job and \u201cjuggling a newborn\u201d while her mother battled cancer. The article also included comment from Republicans criticizing the Democratic governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gannett owns both the Free Press and USA Today. According to the Free Press, it adheres to USA Today\u2019s standard of \u201cmaintaining independence.\u201d \u201cWe will not support political campaigns or causes through the display of bumper stickers, signs, pins, public\/private donations, participation in demonstrations, petitions or in social media posts,\u201d it <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.freep.com\/ethical-conduct\">writes<\/a> in its code of conduct.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Free Press has not responded to a Daily Wire request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, The newspaper\u2019s editorial board endorsed Whitmer when she first ran for governor. \u201cWhitmer, with her more sophisticated understanding of where Michigan needs to go and where the interests of its diverse residents coincide, is the candidate more likely to summon our state to its better angels,\u201d the Free Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/opinion\/editorials\/2018\/10\/28\/michigan-election-2018-governor-endorsement-whitmer\/1772724002\/\">wrote<\/a> just a week before the 2018 gubernatorial election that saw Whitmer defeat GOP opponent Bill Schuette by nearly ten points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After almost four years of pushing leftist policy and controversy surrounding her COVID lockdowns and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/are-the-doj-and-media-letting-gretchen-whitmer-get-away-with-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths?%3Futm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">nursing homes scandal<\/a>, Whitmer is still favored to win re-election and retain the governor\u2019s mansion for Democrats. However, her bid faces a Republican Party threatening a \u201cRed Tsunami\u201d across the country in the midterm elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Republican gubernatorial race has been heating up as five candidates jockey for a chance to face off against the governor. The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/Michigan.html\">polling<\/a> shows former businesswoman and political commentator Tudor Dixon leading the field of GOP candidates by 11 points with 26% support.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kelley, who is set to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-appears-in-federal-court-pleads-not-guilty-to-january-6-charges\">trial<\/a> in the coming months for misdemeanor charges related to his presence at the January 6 Capitol riot, came in second in the same MIRS\/Mitchell Research poll at 15%. Businessman Kevin Rinke and chiropractor Garrett Soldano were tied for third at 13%, while Pastor Ralph Rebandt came in last at 1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Free Press dedicated ad money to amplify its article about Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s first television commercial, likely increasing the reach of the campaign spot and raising questions about the paper\u2019s objectivity in its gubernatorial election coverage.\u00a0 On social media feeds, the article was labeled \u201csponsored,\u201d indicating that the Free Press was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1898547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}