Talking Points for Meeting with Local Television Stations’ General...
Who to Ask for When You Call the StationMany Leagues are already connected with their local TV stations through joint work on candidate debates or forums. If so, start with the people in the station...
View ArticleBackground: Laws & Regulations Covering Broadcasters and Campaign Advertising
Television broadcasters, because they use the public airwaves, are required to have a license from the federal government to have exclusive use of their assigned frequency. The Federal Communications...
View ArticleBackground: "Outside Group” Campaign Advertising – The Money Behind the...
A federal candidate in a two-year election cycle can receive in contributions:
View ArticleKathleen Hall Jamieson: Truth in Advertising at 2012 LWV Convention
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, address the delegates at the 2012 LWV...
View ArticleSample Letter to the Editor
As part of this project, sample text for a letter to the editor has drafted for your use. Remember to replace the needed information (replace [locality] with your location or League name, etc.) You can...
View ArticleStep-by-Step Easy Action Guide
Develepoed for Leagues Participating in the “Truth in Campaign Advertising” Project
View ArticleGuide to Effective Fact Checking
Download the PDF below or visit http://www.flackcheck.org/on-air to view the document online in addition to other materials.
View ArticleThe Problem and the Project
The League’s Truth in Campaign Advertising project seeks to encourage and support local television stations as they exercise their responsibility to ensure the campaign ads they run are accurate, to...
View ArticleTruth In Campaign Advertising Online Petition
Join the League in asking for Truth in Campaign Advertising.
View ArticleSample Op Ed
Have you seen a few political campaign ads recently? OK, so you’ve seen lot. Here in [locality], political advertisements are flooding our television airwaves. It is hard not to see a campaign ad...
View ArticleProject Overview: Truth in Campaign Advertising
A record number of campaign advertisements are flooding the television airwaves in communities across the nation. Many of these ads are being run by “outside groups” that are supposedly independent...
View ArticleSupportive of Fact Checking - Template Letter to the Editor
SAMPLE Letter to the Editor Applauding Fact CheckingHere in [location], we have seen more than our fair share of political advertisements on TV. And so many of them are negative. Others are just...
View ArticleFacts Matter- Sample Post Election OpEd
Facts Do MatterRegardless of how you may feel about the outcome of the 2012 elections, it is hard to find any American who loved being inundated by all those campaign ads on television. Wall-to-wall...
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