misterman
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That the politician can't do campaign ads? Well, okay then. That just means some other group will do the campaign ads for him. Going to try to restrict that? Well, that's an infringement of free speech.
Even a law saying a candidate can't run ads would be an infringement on free speech.
That media outlets can't report on politicians speaking out against others or for certain policy positions? Well, it's not the news channel's fault that this is what the politicians are talking about. They're just reporting the news. And news outlets don't need to be censored in that way.
And can't be.
Regulating the media of political campaigns will be too complicated and litigious to be worth the trouble. Better for the lesser number of people who are annoyed to just exercise their choice not to watch something and instead watch something that doesn't annoy them.
Tada!