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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Political Ads

1. January 9, 2012 07:59 PM

   Audit Notes: Swiped, Hit List, Journo Demographics

   By Ryan Chittum

   Bloomberg News has an interesting story on a dispute between a Utah restaurant and Visa and Mastercard. The card companies say the restaurant was lax about protecting card numbers that ended up being used in more than a million dollars worth of fraud—something the restaurant's owners deny. What's stunning is that the bank just started withdrawing money from the restaurant's...

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2. November 5, 2012 03:44 PM

   The Ad Wars: GOP advantage in the House

   In local races, outside money can tip the scales, and the GOP is trying to do just that

   By Sasha Chavkin

   As Americans cast their votes for the next president, the Obama campaign and its supporters have maintained an unexpected advantage in the ad wars—defying predictions that the Democrat would be drowned out by a flood of cash from deep-pocketed conservative groups (at least before a spending splurge by outside groups this past weekend). But outside groups have propelled Republicans to...

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