Don’t let them lie: how we can start holding political advertising to account

Parsons, Alex (2016) Don’t let them lie: how we can start holding political advertising to account. Democratic Audit Blog (22 Sep 2016). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Politicians have always lied, writes Alex Parsons, and claims we have entered an era of ‘post-truth politics’ are themselves misleading. Nonetheless, efforts to hold political advertising to account in Britain have failed because of the lack of party consensus on the issue. While commercial advertising can be banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, it has avoided ruling on political advertisements since the controversy surrounding the Tony Blair ‘Demon Eyes’ poster in the 1990s. But with growing disquiet over some of the claims made during the referendum campaign, the South Australia Electoral Commission offers a possible model for regulating political advertising.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2016 Democratic Audit UK © CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2017 14:39
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69030

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