In Depth with Dan: Answering your emails about political ads
PANCREATITIS AND GALLBLADDER.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A
SECOND GO IN-DEPTH CHALLIS
TONIGHT. WE WANT TO GO IN DEPTH
INTO THE INBOX. A LOT OF YOU
HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT OUR
CONVERSATION LAST WEEK ON
POLITICAL ADS. IT PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN YEAR AND WE ALL KNOW
THAT AVALANCHE OF THOSE ADS ARE
ON THE WAY MANY OF YOU
EXPRESSED HOW ANNOYING THIS IS.
PAMELA SAID, THANK HEAVENS FOR
DVR CAN IMAGINE LISTENING TO
ONE SECOND OF ANY USELESS OF
NOXIOUS SLEAZY POLITICAL AD
HITTING ALL THE CATEGORIES
THERE. GARY SAID HE REALLY
ENJOYED THE SEGMENT RUNNING.
YOU ARE WORTH TWICE YOUR
SALARY. GARY. I APPRECIATE
THAT. IF YOU WANT TO FOR THAT
MESSAGE TO MY BOSSES.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN
YOUR WAY. I MIGHT EVEN CATCH
IN GARY. TOM SAYS THE SEGMENT
IS GROWING ON HIM WRITING, I
THOUGHT YOU ARE UNUSUAL.
THINK WEIRD. BUT NOW I REALIZE
YOU'RE JUST BEING THE HONEST.
YOU SEE TOM GETS IT. THAT'S ON.
THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO.
YOU'RE NOT SAID I'M PRETTY
WEIRD. TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS.
BUT I WORK HARD TO BE HONEST
AND BALANCED AND HAVE ALL OF
YOU TO THANK TO HELP KEEPING
THIS SEGMENT THAT WAY. AND
SPEAKING OF HONESTY, ASHLEY
ROAD IN DEMANDING IT. SHE
WRITES, THERE IS A DUTY TO VET
ALL COMMERCIALS FOR VORACITY
PERIOD. LYING IS NOT PROTECTED
UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE A
LOT OF CAPITAL LETTERS IN THAT
E-MAIL AND I GET IT. THIS
SUBJECT IS IS IS FRUSTRATING.
AND ASHLEY, YOU WEREN'T WRONG.
SOME SPEECH MUST BE TRUE.
FOR INSTANCE, COMMERCIALS MONTH
MUST BE TRUTHFUL. FALSE
ADVERTISING IS NOT OK.
COCA-COLA CAN TELL YOU THAT
THEIR NEW DRINK WILL GIVE YOU
A TURN A LIFE THAT IS DECEPTIVE
LANGUAGE. THE FCC REGULATES
THAT SORT OF THING. BUT
POLITICAL ADS, THEY AREN'T
TECHNICALLY COMMERCIALS SELLING
PROPPED UP, FOR INSTANCE,
SELLING PRODUCTS FOR PROFIT
IS NOT REGULATED THE SAME WAY
AS SAYING SAYS SELLING SAY
IDEAS FOR POWER. HERE'S HOW
A UNC PROFESSOR EXPLAINED IT.
>> POLITICAL STAGE IS DIFFERENT
THAN COMMERCIAL SPACE.
SOMETIMES FIGURING OUT A LINE
BETWEEN THE 2 AS YOU CAN FIGURE
MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE THAT EASY.
BUT THERE IS A BASIC DIFFERENCE
IN THE WAY THE COURT IS.
RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL
SPEECH AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL
SPEECH.
>> BASICALLY, YES, LYING WITH
THE CONTEXT OF THE CANDIDATES.
POLITICAL AD IS PROTECTED.
I MEAN, YOU MAY NOT LIKE THOSE
RULES, BUT THOSE ARE THE RULES.
PEOPLE HAVE CHALLENGE THOSE
RULES FOR YEARS AND THEY KEEP
ON LOSING THOSE CHALLENGES.
IN 1972, A SENATE CANDIDATE
IN GEORGIA NAMED JB STONER WAS
A SELF-PROCLAIMED PROCLAIMED
RACIST. HE USED HORRIBLE RACIAL
SLURS IN HIS ADS. HE SAID BLACK
PEOPLE WANT TO INTEGRATE WITH
WHITE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN
GET WHITE WOMEN. THE NAACP,
THEY PETITION THE FCC TO
DECLINE TO AIR THESE ADS.
THE FCC, THOUGH, SIDED WITH
STONER CITING FREEDOM OF SPEECH
DECISIONS FROM THE SUPREME
COURT SAYING WE ARE CONSTRAINED
TO DENY YOUR REQUESTS IN 2016,
A FEDERAL COURT STRUCK DOWN AN
OHIO LAW THAT TRIED TO BAN
CAMPAIGNS FROM, FRANKLY
SPREADING FALSE STATEMENTS.
JUDGE, OUR GUY, COLE JUNIOR
WROTE IN HIS DECISION EVEN FALL
SPEECH RECEIVED SOME
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION SO
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE COURTS
REINFORCE THE FREEDOM OF
CANDIDATES TO MISLEAD VOTERS
OR LIE TO VOTERS IN NORAD'S.
SO LIKE IT OR NOT, THE
AVALANCHE IS STILL COMING.
KEEP SENDING THOSE EMAILS, YOUR
QUESTIONS AND IDEAS HELPED
DRIVE THIS SEGMENT. SEND AN
E-MAIL TO DAN AT WRAL DOT COM.
WE NEED YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO
DIVE INTO THESE STORIES.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE NEWS
WE DON'T SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE.
WE MISSED THING. SOMETIMES WE
NEED YOU TO TELL US WHERE OUR
BLIND SPOTS ARE. TELL ME YOUR
THOUGHTS. WE'LL GO IN DEPTH
NOW. IF YOU EVER MISS ONE OF
MY SEGMENTS ON TV CAN ALWAYS
LISTEN TO THEM AS A PODCAST.
ANY TIME. JUST FIND WRAL IN
DEATH OF DAN HAGGERTY. IT'S AN
APPLE PODCAST IS ON SPOT A