Dem., Kerry lawyers try to squelch anti-Kerry ad

[Larry Weil]

At 04:39 PM 8/6/2004, Douglas J. Broda wrote:

>If I am true to myself (a basically moderate Democrat who believes that 
>free speech is the heartbeat of America), I must insist that the means for 
>addressing inaccuracies in a political ad is not to squelch speech, but 
>rather to prove its inaccuracy, even if there is a cost to a particular 
>candidate I would badly prefer to see prevail over his opponent.

In theory, that's great.  In practice, the media often will not cover the 
rebuttal, so only one side gets heard.


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Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH