Our problem has been far too little transparency in the legislative chamber — not too much.
Continue readingAd Hawk Collects 4,000+ Ads, Tracks Spending
With the end of the 2012 election season, so too comes the conclusion of a seemingly infinite number of campaign... View Article
Continue readingInsiders Discuss Fact Checking and the Presidental Election
Policy Intern Hunter Main With campaign ads heating up along with the presidential race, how will journalists balance their obligations... View Article
Continue readingKent State student journalists have tough time prying open TV political ad files
Trying to get FCC records at Cleveland TV Stations from Karl Idsvoog on Vimeo.
Days before the Federal Communication Commission's closely-watched Friday vote on requiring local television stations to put political advertising information online, a group of Ohio college students made a powerful argument for why the commissioners should buck the pressure from the broadcasting industry and vote aye. Just look at the above video.
At issue is whether the stations should post online detailed information on political ad buys. Such information is currently available only in paper files that must be accessed in person and under supervision from ...
Continue readingThe Senate Judiciary Committee votes to televise Supreme Court arguments
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to favorably report a bill that would require the Supreme Court to allow... View Article
Continue readingYour media losing respect and credibility
A blogger with an actual name–Andrew Breitbart–posts an edited video that leads to the firing of an employee at the... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Live vs. TV Media, Ctd: David Foster Wallace, Transparency, C-SPAN, Health Care Reform and Data Jamming
There’s a been a bunch of writing around the Internet about the success/failure of last week’s Blair House health care... View Article
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