RE: Free air time for candidates
- Archived: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:00:00 -0500 (EST)
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:55:13 -0500 (EST)
- From: Carol Hanna <c1hanna@hawaii.rr.com>
- Subject: RE: Free air time for candidates
- X-topic: Choice 1
The networks did offer air time at a greatly reduced rate and aired the ads at 2:00 AM! The politicians complained, naturally.
The political ads provide nothing more than campaign promises (empty), double-speak (nothing to do with First Amendment Rights), distorted facts, 'what the public wants to hear' written by campaign speech writers and out-right lies.
Garden-variety voters, of which I am included, need correct information we can rely on to be better informed in order to vote. I am more inclined to pay attention to debates and am turned off by political advertising and opponent bashing. If I wanted to view clever (award winning ads) and gladiator spectaculars, I'd take in a hot ice hockey game.
Free or reduced air time for debates instead of hot air ads.
Direct-to-consumer and direct-to-voter advertising has a very powerful and often an undesirable influence.
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