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Eight reasons to hit ‘mute’ during TV ads by super PACs

First Iowa, now Florida, have seen the first wave of political TV ads from super PACs – mostly negative – that will smother the 2012 presidential elections. Voters have an easy way to avoid such ads: the mute button. Here are eight reasons to use it:

8. Can you rely on TV stations to fact-check political ads bysuper PACs?

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Probably not. Falsehoods or half-truths have been found in many such ads. Mr. Gingrich had to repudiate an anti-Romney documentary done by a super PAC because of its errors.

For now, a grass-roots boycott of super PAC ads may be the best answer.

Just reach for the remote.

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