Opinion | 9 ways to make American politics saner, kinder and more substantive

“In Japan, individual politicians are not allowed to buy any time whatsoever for media, for TV advertising. They’re not allowed to buy space in newspapers or time on the radio.
“Every candidate for public office is given a certain amount of free time for his TV advertising, or radio advertising, or newspaper advertisements, but they are very restrictive in terms of what kinds of advertising he can engage in down to restrictions on whether the politician is allowed to sit or stand, use props, and other things.”
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Valentine Belue
Update: 2024-08-23