Politician Cites Blog Commentator In TV Ad

It's hard to make TV political ads lower, but politicians have done it by sourcing anonymous blog commentators as detractors of their opponents.

In all fairness, we've quoted blog commentators, and have made it very clear that they were commentators, to present a new idea, opposing viewpoint, or unique perspective, under the assumption it was a legitimate commentator.

The difference here is the sheer incentive that the commentator not be legitimate. How easy is it to log in and comment to a blog and then source it? Or maybe you think it's time to trust politicians.

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