{"id":2327039,"date":"2024-08-19T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quaid-tells-rogan-that-facebook-wouldnt-let-reagan-movie-advertise-too-political\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T18:26:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T22:26:56","slug":"quaid-tells-rogan-that-facebook-wouldnt-let-reagan-movie-advertise-too-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quaid-tells-rogan-that-facebook-wouldnt-let-reagan-movie-advertise-too-political\/","title":{"rendered":"Quaid Tells Rogan That Facebook Wouldn&#8217;t Let &#8216;Reagan&#8217; Movie Advertise: Too Political"},"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%2Fquaid-tells-rogan-that-facebook-wouldnt-let-reagan-movie-advertise-too-political%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=2327039&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>In a recent podcast episode featuring actor Dennis Quaid, he shared concerns regarding censorship related to the upcoming movie &#8220;Reagan,&#8221; which he stars in. Quaid explained that Facebook, owned by Meta Platforms, initially refused to\u200d allow advertisements for the film, citing the \u2062claim that its content could influence an election. Quaid challenged this reasoning, noting that Reagan has not been\u200d on a ballot for 40 years. Despite the \u2063initial pushback, after a marketing executive for the\u2063 film reached out directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social media platform altered its \u200cstance, admitting that some ads had been incorrectly\u2063 flagged due \u2062to automated system errors. Quaid further suggested that \u200dthis \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-men-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-firearms-in-chicago-all-released-on-bond\/\" title=\"3 men in Chicago arrested for illegal possession of firearms, released on bond.\">incident raises questions<\/a> about potential bias \u200cagainst films related to political\u2062 figures, especially those\u2063 released during election years, and drew\u200d parallels between Reagan&#8217;s policies \u200band those of current Republican candidate Donald Trump. The discussion highlighted concerns over free expression and\u200b the implications of censorship in the context of\u2062 political discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Actor Dennis Quaid told podcast host Joe Rogan that was not allowing the movie &ldquo;Reagan,&rdquo; which he plays the lead role in, to advertise on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/movie-reagan-starring-dennis-quaid-set-hit-theaters-20-years-popular-presidents-passing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reagan<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; hitting theaters on August 30 &mdash; portrays the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-intellectuals-who-started-out-liberal-but-ended-up-conservative\/\" title=\"4 Intellectuals Who Started Out Liberal But Ended Up Conservative\">40th president<\/a>&rsquo;s lifelong crusade against communism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Censorship is happening to us through Facebook. banned advertising and a lot of the podcasts. This one will probably be banned on Facebook, as well. It&rsquo;s been over the last couple of months,&rdquo; Quaid told Rogan in a podcast uploaded to YouTube on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The actor explained that initially said the reason for its decision is that the content in the film &ldquo;was an attempt to sway an election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean the last time I heard, you know, Reagan was on the ballot [was] 40 years ago,&rdquo; Quaid said, referring to the former president&rsquo;s re-election campaign in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To me, just the act of banning and censoring the material is an attempt to sway an election,&rdquo; the actor further argued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following clip contains language that some viewers may find inappropriate.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LItpn8ilHRg?si=3Hyb1KWILbEUkfaf&amp;start=1290\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Quaid noted that after a marketing executive for &ldquo;Reagan&rdquo; sent a letter directly to Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of parent company Meta Platforms) about the matter, changed its tune.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/dennis-quaid-facebook-censoring-efforts-promote-reagan-film-1938308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> reported, &ldquo;The letter from Eric McClellan, the director of digital marketing for the film, says that the most &lsquo;egregious&rsquo; example consists of a post that contains the title of the movie and an image of Quaid along with a quote from the 40th president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let anyone tell you that America&rsquo;s best days are behind her&mdash;that the American spirit has been vanquished. We&rsquo;ve seen it triumph too often in our lives not to believe it now,&rdquo; the quote reads.<\/p>\n<p>The letter recounted that when McClellan attempted to boost the post containing the quote he received a message from stating he could not because it &ldquo;mentions politicians or is about sensitive issues that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">influence public opinion<\/a>, how people vote and may impact the outcome of an election or pending legislation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-actor-wasnt-planning-voting-trump-45s-trial-now-convinced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quaid<\/a> said in a written statement to Newsweek, &ldquo;My challenge to is to ask if any of these tactics were used against other recent presidential biopics like Lincoln, LBJ, or Southside with You, a film about President Barack Obama, which was also released during an election year&rdquo; in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>McClellan also pointed out in his letter to that when he attempted to boost an interview Quaid had with podcast host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jordan-peterson-responds-villain-new-star-wars-release-appears-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Peterson<\/a>, it was denied because the dialogue was &ldquo;about social issues, elections or politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his statement to Newsweek, Quaid contended if his conversation with Peterson &ldquo;could influence an election, then by their own tortured logic, this shutting us up would also be deemed election interference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xR6jp1Eenyo?si=JZjP0X_5SP-YTT0i\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The actor acknowledged to Rogan that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-seeks-bring-back-best-80s-like-reagan-sought-restore-best-50s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comparisons<\/a> people may draw between Reagan and current Republican presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/renowned-pollster-says-donald-trump-can-end-kamalas-campaign-one-ten-word-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Reagan was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/so-much-for-bringing-dogs-back-to-the-white-house\/\" title=\"So Much For Bringing Dogs Back To The White House\">great president<\/a>, and I think it gets perceived and compared to Trump, because there are comparisons to Trump,&rdquo; Quaid said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you get down to policy, there is a really good comparison to Trump, and maybe they see this as influencing an election by that comparison,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump followed Reagan&rsquo;s example of a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-pence-proud-trump-white-house-not-getting-new-wars-peace-strength\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peace through strength<\/a>&rdquo; foreign policy, as well as pro-economic growth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harvard-us-treasury-economists-forced-admit-trump-tax-cuts-worked-advertised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax cuts<\/a>, promoting domestic energy production and deregulation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know it&rsquo;s a free society. It&rsquo;s about ideas we&rsquo;re able to express, and we&rsquo;re able to make up&hellip;your own mind about it, rather than deciding for people,&rdquo; Quaid said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following clip contains language that some viewers may find inappropriate.<\/strong><\/em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51i6R1FPEQk?si=gfKTsoP-WCQxgjPB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson did reach out to Newsweek four hours after the outlet published its story last week saying in a written statement, &ldquo;While there are no restrictions on this page that would prevent the admins from posting, we did identify a handful of ads from this account that were incorrectly rejected. This happened because our automated systems mistakenly determined that content about President Reagan required prior authorization in accordance with our policies for ads about Social Issues, Elections or Politics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a mistake and the restriction on the ads has been lifted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Set to be released in theaters on August 30, &#8220;Reagan&#8221; depicts the 40th president&#8217;s enduring fight against communism. Quaid expressed his concerns about censorship, stating that Facebook has banned advertisements and many podcasts related to the film. He noted that this trend has been ongoing for several months and mentioned that the initial justification given for the ban was that the film&#8217;s content could influence an election. Quaid pointed out that Ronald Reagan hasn&#8217;t been on a ballot for over 40 years, referencing his re-election campaign in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Quaid further argued that banning and censoring such material is itself an attempt to sway elections. He revealed that after Eric McClellan, a marketing executive for &#8220;Reagan,&#8221; sent a letter directly to Mark Zuckerberg regarding this issue, there was a change in response from Facebook. According to Newsweek, McClellan highlighted an instance where a post featuring Quaid\u2019s image and a quote from Reagan was flagged as inappropriate because it mentioned politicians or sensitive issues potentially affecting public opinion or voting outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement to Newsweek, Quaid challenged whether similar tactics were used against other recent presidential biopics like &#8220;Lincoln,&#8221; &#8220;LBJ,&#8221; or &#8220;Southside with You,&#8221; which focused on Barack Obama during an election year in 2020. McClellan also noted attempts to promote an interview between Quaid and Jordan Peterson were denied due to its political content.<\/p>\n<p>Quaid contended that if their conversation could influence elections according to Facebook&#8217;s reasoning, then silencing them would also constitute election interference. He acknowledged potential comparisons between Reagan and current Republican candidate Donald Trump but emphasized their differences while recognizing some policy similarities.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by asserting the importance of free expression in society\u2014allowing individuals to form their own opinions rather than having decisions made for them. Following Newsweek&#8217;s report last week, a spokesperson clarified later on that some ads had been mistakenly rejected due to automated systems misclassifying content about President Reagan as requiring prior authorization under policies concerning social issues or politics; they confirmed those restrictions have now been lifted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/quaid.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4573,23420,38603,12066],"class_list":["post-2327039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-facebook","tag-quaid","tag-reagan-movie","tag-rogan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/quaid.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327039","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}