The air is filled with political ads

If you plan to watch television this weekend, it will be nearly impossible to avoid political advertising. Campaigns for Governor and the U.S. House and Senate have spent millions of dollars buying ad time on broadcast and cable television for the next 12 days. The campaigns for governor alone have spent more than $1.6 million on television ads in the final two-weeks of the campaign. Tom Crann spoke with All Things Considered media commentator David Brauer about the glut of political advertising.

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