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The general election is three weeks away, and the TV ads are increasing. Unfortunately, those ads aren’t a good basis for voting decisions. Some give you an indication of what the candidate supports, but they’re drowned out by the attack ads. Newscasts on one TV station will give a conservative slant to political news while another station takes a liberal viewpoint.

This year has been tough for politicians with the pandemic closing many of their usual avenues for campaigning. And the few debates so far haven’t been that helpful. After viewing portions of the debates, I’m surprised our federal...