Rob Russo
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1,284 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Rob Russo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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All of us complain about it.
All of us watch it because all the parties use it and it's because it works.
It pushes on an open door when it's done well.
The fear here, though, is that we will not be able to distinguish between reality and what's unreal.
We won't know the difference, and they won't tell us the difference.
Whereas in the past, I think most voters could tell the difference between actor portrayals and non-actor portrayals, even if they raise legitimate issues.
We won't be able to tell unless they tell us
In bold letters at the bottom, this is a synthetic media in effect, and they won't want to do that.
The problem comes to where do you draw the line?
Where do you draw the line between what is real and what's real?
Where do you draw the line between, you know, calling somebody a stormtrooper and whether or not that's legitimate speech in public discourse or, you know, depicting somebody in a very compromising situation that's obviously untrue?
the line becomes very fuzzy, very fast.
And at some point, there have to be some sort of norms.
And I suppose libel and slander laws come into effect, but those are often forgotten after the ads have been brought down.
We all know the impact of very brief ads that haven't run for very long.
In Canada, it was the ad depicting Jean Chrétien as a man with a deformed face who was not intelligent.
In the United States, there was a very famous ad in 1964 called the Daisy ad that had depicted Barry Goldwater as a nuclear mad candidate for president who couldn't be trusted with his finger on the button.
Ran very briefly, those ads had a huge impact.
So is Ohio, another reliably Republican state.
I know Michigan went for Trump, but Ohio did as well.
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