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By: Alyssa Richard
Candidates have a legal right to lie to voters just about as much as they want.
FTC
Protects consumers from false advertisement
Constitution
Protects politician’s rights to freedom of speech
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”
Negative Advertising
became an issue after the 1980s
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
--Kenneth Goldstein
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