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Back in the days before teh interwebz were invented... What if the gov't could shut off political advertising on TV for (say) 48 hours before any national elec

Back in the days before teh interwebz were invented... What if the gov't could shut off political advertising on TV for (say) 48 hours before any national election ? Candidates fall back on print(ed) media and radio. This would cut off many problems (imho). Opportunity missed. And, too late now.

alephnerd 3y ago
> Candidates fall back on print(ed) media and radio Back in the day before the interwebz the army would just jail those in the media who didn't toe the line, and curtail access of the printed word. The internet offered a way to disseminate information independent of other more controlled ways.
jakub_g 3y ago
This has been a standard practice in many countries https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_silence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_silence