Political ad trickery spreads in North Carolina ahead of elections

WRAL State Government Reporter Paul Specht discusses how candidates in North Carolina are altering images of opponents in political ads — and what some lawmakers want to do about it. He also discusses his role as the North Carolina correspondent for PolitiFact, a national nonprofit fact-checking organization. And he offers advice on what voters can do to identify misleading information distributed by candidates and the groups supporting them

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