WAVE 3 Truth Tracker finds truth in political ad can be elusive

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Louisville, KY - By Scott Reynolds - bio | email
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – During the campaign season, the WAVE 3 Truth Tracker segment will take a look at the ads being run by the candidates. We looked at the first campaign ad from Baron Hill that Todd Young might not support social security.

We talked with a University of Louisville political science professor who says when it comes to snippets of comments used to make an ad, the truth can be pretty elusive.

"And it's hard to. And the reason it's really hard to is often times when you get an ad that's a 30 second soundbite it's taken something out of the context of what the full meaning may have been. So unless you can go back and find the full discussion, often times it not giving the total truth," said Dr. Dewey Clayton.

Clayton says it is unusual for a campaign to start out with a negative ad and that usually a candidate paints of positive picture of their own campaign to kick things off unless they are behind or losing ground.

So far, we haven't seen any major polls on the race between Hill and Young, but that will likely happen soon in a race both parties believe they can win.