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Who's Buying Your Election? New FCC Ruling Requires Broadcasters to Post Data On Ad Purchases

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. May 3, 2012.

A new ruling by the FCC requires broadcasters to post political advertisement data online, making it easier for the public to see who is buying those ads.

Will Information on Political Advertising Buyers Make it To the Public? Not if Industry Lobbyists Can Help It

Justin Elliott, ProPublica. April 16, 2012.

If a new rule passes, broadcasters would have to post information about who buys political ads and for how much on a new FCC website for the public.

GE Unleashes Propaganda Campaign To Hide Its Tiny Tax Burden and Mass Layoffs

Roger Bybee, In These Times. March 25, 2012.

GE paid an average of 2.3% in taxes over the last ten years, while slashing its US workforce by 32,000 jobs. But its new ad campaign aims to whitewash all that.

The 10 Dumbest, Most Offensive Political Ads in Recent Memory

Nicholas Pell, AlterNet. December 27, 2011.

Not a single election cycle goes by without some attempt to use fear of the "other" to win votes. Sadly, the results are sometimes successful.

Perpetual National Elections Make the Top 1% Richer

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. December 11, 2011.

The presidential campaign season keeps getting longer, and more expensive, allowing the uber-rich to effectively control our democracy.

Sex Workers Speak Out on Village Voice Ad Controversy

Michelle Chen, In These Times. November 14, 2011.

Maybe the ethical clarity that moral crusaders desire requires less talking and more listening to what sex workers know, need and want.

Occupy TV Ads? The Branding of Occupy Wall Street

Justin Elliott, Salon. November 13, 2011.

Last week, the first Occupy Wall Street TV ad began airing on channels including Fox News and ESPN. Here's what the director of the ad has to say about it.