Announcements, daily assignments, and items of interest for students of Ms. Jay's U.S. Government class, Fall 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Does this advertisement cross the line?
The ad above is getting a lot of play because Corzine is trying to attack Christie's weight. With the polls very close, it is getting nasty in New Jersey! Here is a recent Christie ad. (Copied from http://usgovteducatorsblog.blogspot.com/)
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I think this add does cross the line. As it is good to pull public attention towards safety, this was not the real purpose of the add. It was not even clear what this add was promoting; rather, it was directly trying to hurt another candidate. This cannot be considered slander because it is not false, but it definitely does hurt the character of another person. However, the Christie add against Corzine is not much better. When candidates have to resort to this sort of behavior in order to get elected, it makes both parties look immature. They could both afford to have more professional publicity tactics. Even though this method will end up getting one of them elected, they will be elected with less respect than they would have if they had advertised with more respectful means.
1 comment:
I think this add does cross the line. As it is good to pull public attention towards safety, this was not the real purpose of the add. It was not even clear what this add was promoting; rather, it was directly trying to hurt another candidate. This cannot be considered slander because it is not false, but it definitely does hurt the character of another person. However, the Christie add against Corzine is not much better. When candidates have to resort to this sort of behavior in order to get elected, it makes both parties look immature. They could both afford to have more professional publicity tactics. Even though this method will end up getting one of them elected, they will be elected with less respect than they would have if they had advertised with more respectful means.
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