National campaign ad showing party ‘fixing the basics’ depicts a site very different from the reality
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The National Party released a campaign advertisement claiming to fix the basics. The ad features a vibrant park, but the site was actually an empty private lot. The party argues the ad is not misleading. They claim the imagery is a metaphor for their goals.
The National Party says the ad showing a vibrant park, which was staged in what is actually an empty private lot, is not misleading because it is a metaphor for “fixing the basics”.