And that makes the article’s point! A fair and evenhanded (and I know most of you believe that’s impossible) supression of negative ads (by media boycott—not by unconstitutional gov’t fiat) would get rid of all that, and actually force voters to concentrate on ... get ready ... issues!
But they’ll never do that. And we really don’t want the media, an inherently biased group, deciding which ads are negative or aren’t. It’s a job they won’t be good at.