Question: Who’s Influenced by Negative Political Ads?
Issue: New campaign ads have theme: Don't be nice: At least 30 new spots unleashed in contested House, Senate districts – only 3 positive/New York Times
DFO: OK, gang, obviously attack ads and other mud-slinging works. Or the handlers wouldn't recommend that their candidates go negative. I tend to tune out all advertising, including retail and classified. I'm simply not interested. (Don't tell the boss that.) So, it's not hard for me to tune out attack ads.
Question: If negative campaigning doesn't affect any of us here at HBO, who does it affect?
