South Carolina Lede

SC Lede: Dirty Tricks & Politics

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South Carolina has a reputation of dirty tricks and negative campaign advertising being involved in the political process. While some say the reputation is overblown, the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary presents a new frontier amid growing technological advancements.
Brian Wertheim

On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for October 31, 2023, we take a look at the unsavory part of the campaigning process: the dirty tricks and the negative campaigning that, among other things, gives politics a bad name.

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.