Why political candidates should be called “Pinocchio”.

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 …read more