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Back in the dark ages–1970something–the pols in Washington thought it would be a grand idea to bring law and order to campaign financing. The result? More loopholes for questionable money to slip through to candidates running for office.
In this second installment covering the Center for Public Integrity’s report on campaign spending, Sara Fritz, a veteran journalist who helped pioneer the campaign finance beat, discusses Section 527 groups and other independent organizations, who spend millions of dollars on advertisements and other election activities.
PRX has it ready for air here and more will be coming all summer long.