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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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Missouri primary: McCaskill and Democrats helped Republican Todd Akin to Senate nomination
By Keenan Steiner Aug 8, 2012 11:30 a.m.Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Democratic outside groups, pouring in over $1 million during Missouri's Republican Senate primary, got the guy they wanted: Rep. Todd Akin, who Tuesday upset two other Republicans to take the GOP nomination.
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Broadcasters put political ad buy files online today
By Keenan Steiner Aug 2, 2012 10:16 a.m.With the 2012 election three months away, stations in some of the nation's biggest television markets will start uploading information on political ad buys to the Internet for the first time today, bringing out of the dark ages at least some information on who's behind political ads.
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