How political ads subtract; it's not the negative ads that are perverting democracy. It's the deceptive ones.

The Washington Monthly | May 1, 1990| | Copyright

How Political Ads Subtract

"Harbor"

A montage of filth and decay in and around what is supposed to be Boston Harbor. An announcer speaks:

"As a candidate, Michael Dukakis called Boston Harbor an open sewer. As governor he had the opportunity to do something about it but chose not to. The Environmental Protection Agency called his lack of action the most expensive public policy mistake in the history of New England. Now Boston Harbor, the dirtiest harbor in America, will cost residents $6 billion to clean. And Michael Dukakis promises to do for America what he's done ...

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