Attack Ads
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Manitoba mudslinging underway with election on the horizonMudslinging in politics is nothing new, but there are steps voters can take if they encounter false or misleading advertising.PoliticsAug 16, 2023
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Premier John Horgan’s popularity sags as Liberals and NDP release attack adsIn March 2020, Horgan hit a staggering 71 per cent approval but has now slid to 48 per cent, down seven points from three months ago.PoliticsJun 14, 2022
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Raptors telecast to be thick with political advertising as duelling groups attack Trudeau, ScheerAds during the NBA Finals are expected to reach an audience of some 10 million or more Canadians.PoliticsJun 10, 2019
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Bill Kelly: Here come the federal election attack adsThe frequency of political attack ads targeting politicians like Andrew Scheer may be irritating, but Bill Kelly says the greater concern should be their content and tone.CommentaryJun 10, 2019
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Roy Green: Nothing novel about political attack adsPolitical attack ads are an inevitable and expected component of any election, Roy Green says.CommentaryMay 3, 2019
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Mayor Bowman denounces police association ad as ‘fear-mongering’Mayor Brian Bowman is firing back at a Winnipeg Police Association ad that claims the city's 9-1-1 service isn't fully staffed.PoliticsSep 5, 2018
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Bill Kelly: Let the Ontario election campaign mudslinging beginAttack ads don't bother to tell us why we should vote for a particular candidate, but instead, tell us why we should hate their opponent.Apr 16, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: In 240 Facebook ads, the Conservatives take aim at 16 Liberal MPsThursday morning on Facebook, the Conservative Party of Canada were running 247 ads, 240 of which single out 16 different Liberal MPs over what the Tories call "Trudeau's values test." By contrast, the Liberals were running just 25 and the NDP only four.CanadaMar 22, 2018
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Mulcair and Trudeau say they will not respond to attack adsFederal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will not respond in kind to a Conservative party ad campaign that attacks his foreign policies and warns that "he's just not ready".CanadaJul 4, 2015
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PR campaign puts Uber under attack on multiple frontsUber, the controversial ridesharing company, is the target of attacks from multiple PR campaigns launched by members of the Canadian taxi industry.May 27, 2015
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