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https://www.npr.org/2022/03/17/1087047638/the-truth-in-polit...

> While the Federal Trade Commission regulates truth in commercial advertising, the FCC does not do the same for political ads.

> Some have called for a "neutral government regulator" to oversee political speech, but there's no broad, serious movement in Congress for something like that.

> In fact, various courts have repeatedly upheld the First Amendment right of candidates to essentially say what they want on federally regulated broadcast channels. Local broadcast television stations (think ABC, NBC, CBS) can't reject ads, even if they're blatantly false.

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That assumes the FTC is actually neutral government bureaucrats. We assume the same with the Justice Department, but this may no longer be the case if Cheetos gets back into office.