Topic: political advertising

Vivek Ramaswamy, left, and Abdul El-Sayed (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Michael M. Santiago / Finn Gomez / Thom Lang / Aleksandra Konoplia)

A tale of two election ads

Jason Kyle Howard
Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at a rally with President Donald Trump on Oct. 12 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Why MAGA stands by Ramaswamy's ad

Amanda Marcotte
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie lost the Republican congressional primary after he was targeted by a political smear ad generated by AI (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

AI is breaking our political reality

Chauncey DeVega
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden's cash can beat Trump's lies

Steve Caplan
The Breakfast Club features an interview between Charlamagne tha God and Joe Biden (The Breakfast Club)

Campaigning turns to the internet

Jennifer Stromer-Galley - The Conversation
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Mark Zuckerberg defends false Trump ads

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Donald Trump ad using a stock photo model (YouTube/Donald J Trump)

Will lies win the 2020 election?

Sophia A. McClennen
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, theFacebook's developer conference, May 1, 2018. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

How social media can clean up its act

Anthony M. Nadler, Matthew Crain - The Conversation
Political ads (democrats-intelligence.house.gov)

The big lessons of political advertising

Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael Franz, Travis N. Ridout - The Conversation
Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

FEC struggles to regulate ad spending

Jillian S. Ambroz