Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out.

Dear Dr. Ads,

There I was, minding my own business and scrolling through Punchbowl News AM (sorry – can only afford the free edition), when I came across this item about the National Republican Congressional Committee plumbing new depths of negative advertising.

The NRCC is launching a digital ad campaign featuring artificial intelligence-created images of national parks “overrun with illegal immigrants.” The GOP messaging takes aim at a number of vulnerable House Democrats who voted against a Republican resolution last week that would bar federal agencies from using funds to house migrants.

The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), would affect the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service.

So, wait – the national parks are not overrun with illegal immigrants, but the NRCC is showing that they are . . . with doctored video? 

– Doctor, My A.I.s

Dear A-I-I,

Yeah, talk about creating your own reality.

The Punchbowl News piece cites two A.I.-generated ads, one depicting Acadia National Park, represented by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), the other featuring Glacier Bay National Park, which is in Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) district.

Unfortunately, neither of those links work. But this one for an NRCC video does.

The Doc will let the New Republic’s Tori Otten pick it up from here.

The National Republican Congressional Committee released a wildly xenophobic ad on Monday, depicting several national parks overrun with immigrants.

The ad used artificial intelligence to create images of different national parks in the style of vintage travel posters. The parks, which include the Grand Canyon and the National Mall, are filled with tents that supposedly belong to undocumented immigrants.

“More crime. Less tourism. No beauty,” the ad says. “Democrats’ National Parks.”

Except . . .”not only is the ad deeply xenophobic, it’s also false. A study released in July by a team of economists from Stanford University found that immigration has not caused crime rates to increase in 140 years.”

The TNR piece calls the ad’s fake images “unhinged.”

The Doc calls it business as usual from now on.