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By: Alyssa Richard

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By: Alyssa Richard

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Candidates have a legal right to lie to voters just about as much as they want.

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FTC

Protects consumers from false advertisement

Constitution

Protects politician’s rights to freedom of speech

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Forced stations in Atlanta to broadcast an ad thought to be offensive

NAACP objected to an ad that proclaimed the

“main reason why n--- want integration is because n--- want our white women”

-JB Stoner

FCC sided with Stoner protecting his “freedom of speech”

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Negative Advertising

became an issue after the 1980s

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attack an opponent’s personality, record or opinion

creating the impression that one is soft on criminals, dishonest, corrupt, or a danger to the nation

leaking damaging information to the media

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--Kenneth Goldstein

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http://www.factcheck.org/specialreports/false_ads_there_oughta_be_a_law.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_campaigning

http://www.news.wisc.edu/14606