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  1. Health group airs ad backing Obama EPA nominee

    By Jacob Fenton May 21, 2013 3:52 p.m.

    The American Public Health Administration has begun airing a new TV ad supporting Pres. Obama's nominee for EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy. It's the first time the nonprofit group has aired an ad backing a specific nominee, according to a spokeswoman.

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  2. TV stations ignore ad disclosure requirements

    By Jacob Fenton Mar 5, 2013 11:12 a.m.

    A decade after a landmark campaign finance reform law mandated that TV stations collect the names of board members or executive officers of groups running political ads for federal candidates or any "national legislative issue of public importance," records show broadcasters often ignore the rules.

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  3. At least $200K spent in DC on Super Bowl political ads

    By Jacob Fenton Feb 4, 2013 2:31 p.m.

    Sunday's Super Bowl was the country's top rated sporting spectacle--but viewers in Washington area got something extra: more political ads. Three groups spent a total of $200,000 to air political ads for DC-area super bowl viewers. For the first time this year, these ad contracts are available online, thanks to an FCC order that went into effect last summer.

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  4. Ad site snafu raises questions about FCC oversight

    By Jacob Fenton Jan 17, 2013 8:47 a.m.

    For the first time last year, the Federal Communications Commission began requiring certain TV stations to post political ad buy contracts online. Yet an apparent snafu at a Florida station that kept all buys made in the final month of the election offline until earlier this month raises questions about just how well that system is working.

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  5. House Subcommittee blocks funds for online political ad disclosure

    By Keenan Steiner Jun 6, 2012 5:26 p.m.

    Today a House subcommittee voted to defund a Federal Communications Commission initiative announced in April that would provide online access to spending for political ads on some local television stations. In the current election cycle, outside spending has already reached record levels, more than doubling what was spent as of the same date in 2008.

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