My son's class did this one year to teach about the elections. My son promised no homework. The teacher wouldn't even let him campaign, I told her she was playing the role of the media. Her excuse was that he couldn't make promises he couldn't fulfill, I told her "real" politicians do that all the time. I like to think she was the one educated but we all know that never happened.
So right there the teacher was playing the media was A) denying air time to a qualified candidate that had the legal right to be on the ballot and hold office and B) used fake news to slander him.
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