Editing Bullshit (section)

===Assertions of fact===
"Bullshit" is commonly used to describe statements made by people concerned with the response of the audience rather than with truth and accuracy. On one prominent occasion, the word itself was part of a controversial advertisement. During the [[1980 United States presidential election|1980 U.S. presidential campaign]], the [[Citizens Party (United States)|Citizens Party]] candidate [[Barry Commoner]] ran a radio advertisement that began with an actor exclaiming: "Bullshit! [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] and [[John B. Anderson|Anderson]], it's all bullshit!" [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] refused to run the advertisement because of its use of the expletive, but Commoner's campaign successfully appealed to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to allow the advertisement to run unedited.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tKGXrbaBWEAC&q=Barry+Commoner+Bullshit&pg=PA507| title=Communication Law in America |author=Paul Siegel |publisher=Paul Siegel |pages=507–508 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7425-5387-3}}</ref>