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...Castellanos said. Castellanos said that, in recent years, he has observed an increasingly “incestuous” relationship between journalists and politicians. The two groups have grown “co-dependent” due to the public’s constant demand for information, he added. “People are more informed than ever,” Castellanos said. “The role of gatekeeper of information has changed.” Castellanos emphasized the important role that youth would play in changing the face of politics, noting that “government is going...
...earliest famous cases dealing with the issue, the NAACP objected to a 1972 political ad from a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia named J.B. Stoner who was running on the National States Rights Party ticket. Stoner called himself a "white racist," and his ad said the "main reason why niggers want integration is because niggers want our white women." The Federal Communications Commission forced stations in Atlanta to accept the ad, citing freedom-of-speech protections...
...free market of ideas doesn't always work so well. As candidates know, a far greater percentage of voters hear the original lie in a campaign ad than ever read about the fact-checked version in a local paper or website like Factcheck.org or Politifact.com. And even if voters do hear the refutation of an ad's claims, studies show that may not alter their perceptions created by the original ad. It may well be that the standards for commercial advertising have worked too well, instilling in many viewers the belief that what they hear on television is mostly true...
...weight of history has become too heavy. As the events of the last week unfolded, ad hoc solutions from Bernanke’s Fed and the Treasury, led by the vigorous former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry M. “Hank” Paulson, proved unable to bring lasting calm to the market: Neither lower interest rates, nor greatly expanded liquidity helped thaw frozen credit markets. Even after brokered shotgun weddings like those of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America or Bear Stearns and JP Morgan Chase, what Professor Kenneth Rogoff once called the “flagship?...
...ballot-initiative efforts. And it has hyper-compressed the presidential race. No sooner had the nominees selected their running mates and introduced them to the nation than they began pivoting to present their closing arguments, as Obama almost appears to be doing in his new 2-min. economy ad. In years past, candidates stayed on alert for an "October surprise" that could alter the race at the last minute. But in the brave new world of accelerated elections, any October surprise may come too late...