Fact Check - Keeping Integrity In a Shameless Game
The reading for this coming week's class from Factcheck.org about the MoveOn PAC ad was an interesting read. I read this website quite frequently during the previous election cycle. I always used it to knock down ads that the President had put out in attack of Democrats. However, I had read about instances, precisely like this one, where my fellow progressives had used the same dirty tricks as the opposition. As this selected reading shows, the editing of video and audio to fit your needs raises serious ethical questions.
As my name implies, I am no friend of the President. I voted for Sen. Kerry in the last election, but did so with great reservation. My grandfather used to use a phrase describing instances like the ones listed on Factcheck.org - "If you lay with dogs, you're gonna get fleas!" Political ads are so shameless today, with nothing off limits. Both sides - liberals and conservatives - should really consider the consequences of these ads.
1 Comments:
I think the problem is there are no consequences for putting out these ads. We can all say they're dirty tricks and misleading, but I still support the president and I'm sure you still support MoveOn.org.
The sad thing is to be a real player in a presidential election, it seems you have to sling a little mud or get like-minded groups to do it for you.
I hate to say it, but this will never change until there are real, measurable consequences to groups or campaigns who distort information.
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