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Originally Posted by Guest
Because I think the truthful information that will influence your vote should be known. Those smoke filled rooms of the past should not exist today. Political organizations should not be saying one thing in public and something very different in private. Thus I think it is unfair for untruthful information to influence the vote but ok for truthful information to influence the vote.
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They are probably no longer filled with smoke BUT, as it has always been things are not done in the open.
re: Truthful vs Untruthful information.
Information is always spun depending on your own prejudices and the prejudices of the people who sigh your check. My Dad used to work for CBS news. As a high school kid I several times was at news events. THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT I SAW AND THE STORY THAT AFTER EDITING WAS WHAT YOU SAW. We are talking 1968. People like Walter Kronkite had major influence at CBS. TODAY CBS HAS MOVED FAR TO THE LEFT FROM WHERE IT STOOD IN 1968.