Today's election cycles are filled with thousands of political ads across the country. Political ads target your emotions and try to get a positive or negative emotion out of you that you will carry to the polls. The best thing you can do is not make up your mind about candidates based on political ads Increasingly, questions arise about the validity of these ads. What can be said? Are there regulations? Can you get in trouble for lying?
The reality is that just about anything goes. There is the risk of a defamation lawsuit but it won't be settle til after the election and usually those are not worth fighting. You can lie all you want. The voters are tasked with reading between the lines and sifting through the politics to find the truth. Each side yells at the other claiming that they lie, cheat, and steal. Both sides do some of each and mix in just enough truth to stick. How did we get here? Stay tuned for an explanation in next week's post.
This post is very simple and straight-forward, which makes it effective. You kept things concise, but you delivered the message to the reader, which is ultimately all that matters in the grand scheme of things. Advertisements are big in political campaigns and it's important to be aware of the tactics they use to pull certain emotions and thoughts out of you. Very nice post!
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