An advertisement from the McCain camp labels Mr. Bush "desperate" and asserts that the Bush crew "twists the truth like Clinton."

The advertisements, run by the Civil Service Employees Association, assert that he is more concerned about saving money than about improving patient care.

The Consumer Electronics Association's advertisement asserted that the new tuners would cost consumers $5 billion a year.

The advertisements assert that Kent International offers smokers "superior quality" at a "value price."

The liberal advertisement asserted that Judge Alito "voted to approve the strip-search of a 10-year-old girl."

Sullivan argued that a full-page advertisement in the New York Times incorrectly asserted that his police department let civil rights violations against blacks occur.

An advertisement for the Belnord asserted that its courtyard plan "eliminated for all time all undesirable elements and the possibility of intrusion."

The advertisement asserts that Mr. Saro-Wiwa included the four slain Ogoni chiefs in a list of "vultures" who "deserve to die."

Some advertisements also asserted, falsely, that the city's debt had tripled under his management.