Why can politicians lie and get away with it?

Truth in advertising doesn’t hold true for political ads.

Democracy takes effort and with it brings easy questions but hard answers.

Question: Say I want to run a political television commercial; do I have to
tell the truth?

Let’s say there’s a guy running for Mayor. He’s popular and he has strong
political instincts and the guy knows how to read an audience. So, what can I
say about him to knock him off his game?

Answer: Anything I want!

Question: Really? Come on, I can’t lie can I?

Answer: The Annenberg Public Policy Center said in summarizing the position
of both the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications …read more