TITLE

Mudslinging--New York style: Inflame vs. Inform

AUTHOR(S)

Wilkins, Richard D.

PUB. DATE

November 1998

SOURCE

Business Journal Serving Southern Tier, CNY, Mohawk Valley, Fing;11/09/98, Vol. 12 Issue 23, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Talks about the negative advertising used by political parties for the November 1998 elections in New York State. Aim of the advertisements to lower the expected level of voting; Accusations of lying; Emergence of weird candidates; US Senate race between Al D'Amato and Chuck Schumer.

ACCESSION #

1307302

Tags: POLITICAL advertising;  POLITICAL campaigns

 

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