THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

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Iowa has recently passed a bill that makes it a crime for a politician to say things about a rival candidate that he "knows to be untrue, deceptive or misleading" in campaign advertising. Under the law, anyone who pays for such ads could face up to a $1,500 fine and a year in prison. Proponents admit the Iowa bill will be hard to enforce and mostly symbolic...