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Originally Posted by Rekna
Because these people are able to make baseless claims without any fear of repercussions to the campaign. The campaign gets plausable deniability and yet the lies are spread. Sure it is libel but it takes way to long for libel cases to be processed and the adds to be taken off the air. By the time the adds are yanked the election is over and they already have their president in office. Who could just parden them of any libel if he wanted to.
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Candidates make baseless claims all the time. Neither campaign has the time or money to take on the legal challenges it would require to prove libel or slander. All ads in a campaign are looked at as having a very short lifespan and by the time any are yanked they've likely already made an impact.