Winner, South Dakota, newspaper a real loser for publishing profane advertisement attacking Presiden [View all]

When I worked for newspapers, they had some standards. There were limits. We had some sense of propriety and decency.

For at least one South Dakota newspaper, those days are gone.

The Winner Advocate, a weekly newspaper in south-central South Dakota, located in Winner, the Tripp County seat, published a profane ad in its Dec. 22 edition.

In a group ad, under the heading Good Christian Men Rejoice, was an ad (seen above in one of many posts on Twitter) for Winner Welding & Machine. It showed three men standing under a Merry Christmas banner. The stocky, white-haired man in the middle was holding a sign that said “Lets Go Brandon.”

The apostrophe was missing, as was any sense of the true holiday spirit or a sense of decorum. I called to see why they did this, and what the reaction had been, and got an amazing surprise.

The man who placed the ad is Brad Assman — yes, really — who owns the company. He pronounces his name “Aus-man,” by the way, and was very willing to discuss why he held up that sign.

Read more: https://www.sdstandardnow.com/home/winner-south-dakota-newspaper-a-real-loser-for-publishing-profane-ad-attacking-president-biden

Time to make some phone calls to see if the Winner Advocate wants to publish any other profane ads.