Ad Wars

Here's just one more issue for nobody to agree on. On Thursday, the National Republican Congressional Committee wrote a letter to stations all across the country, saying that they, the stations, have the right to block ads by Democrats if the station believes that the contents are false. Democrats were quick to strike back, accusing the Republicans of urging people to break the law. According to Democratic counsel, there is a law that prevents censorship over the airwaves. The other thing is that, according to the FCC, stations do not have the right to block ads, even if they have "libelious remarks," or pictures/ads that are false. Meantime, NRCC counsel claims to have added a part, saying to only reject in accordance with FCC law, which appears to mean none. Democrats have a money advantage, but Republicans attack the ads as false. Will it help? It might help a little, but probably not enough to give the GOP more gains then they were already going to make.