Sunday, November 14, 2010

False ads by politicians tough to regulate

Nov. 14, 2010, Mansfield News Journal

BY JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com

If you’re trying to sell Product A, you can’t run an ad falsely saying Product B causes job losses, supports corruption and harms schools. There are laws against saying that kind of thing.

Unless Product A is a candidate for political office. Then truth-in-advertising laws don’t apply.

The past election saw a bombardment of political ads that grew more frequent as Election Day neared. The claims in more than a few were questionable.

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