It’s very disappointing to see certain Bangor TV stations airing misleading ads by Rep. Tom Allen’s opponents stating that he is against the right of employees to unionize using a secret ballot. Rep. Allen’s record indicates that this claim is absolutely false.

These attack ads are often run during the news, which could lead some to believe that they are true, bona fide news items. Don’t our local TV stations have a responsibility to check the accuracy of the political ads they are paid to run? Or is getting the ad revenue more important to them than the truth?

Steven Colburn

Orono