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Scoop: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads about to ramp up
President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing ahead of the midterms — with more to come, Axios has learned. "This is just the beginning," an administration official told Axios. Why it matters: The seemingly partisan nature of the taxpayer-funded ads
What the coverage shows
All four outlets converge on the ads being government funded and politically contentious, with BBC News framing the issue as a question about legality and Washington Post focusing on a Senate clash over criticism. Axios is alone in saying Trump is personally selecting which ads air and that more are coming, while Ars Technica is the only one to foreground claims that the ads may violate anti-propaganda laws and that the FCC is unlikely to stop them.
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