As of this afternoon the court upheld a 1981 law banning public radio/television stations from "from transmitting paid advertisements on behalf of political candidates, issues of public importance or interest and for-profit entities."
As I read this news on Reuters I thought: shouldn't this have been a no-brainer? Political smear campaigns are already polluting political elections on every other facet of media, shouldn't public broadcasting stations stand independent of these negative political tactics?
I had not learned until this year that political ads were banned in most other countries. Banned. And while some may argue this breaches the first amendment, I would argue that barring political ads would help our country.
Enough of these smear campaigns. Let voters go out to rallies, go online, find real, factual information for themselves and then make an educated vote.
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