Down at the bottom, the local station owners can decide to air, or not to air, any ad. Is it ethical for them to air ads that they know, and everyone knows, are deceptive? Like half the political ads aired this last election (like just this week). The ordinary voters get their info from the TV. The "news" programs are complete pablum, with no context, no examples, not even speeches by the candidates. And the ads. Most of the ads accused the other side of illegal, improbable, and unprovable crimes. If you bothered to watch, most of 'em were so far out that anyone knew they were false.
Should TV station owners air this stuff? Does the money they gain outweigh the pollution of the public airwaves?
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