Yeah. And the original statement was ”vastly different”... Definitely disagreeing on that first point
If it's illegal for a campaign to have paid shills posting bad things about one candidate and good things about another, then I'd agree the difference is much smaller than I first started, but I'm not aware of any law that would be breaking.
I could be wrong, but I don't think it's illegal to have paid shills talking up one candidate or smearing another.