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Media, Money & Democracy: Political Campaign Advertising and Television News in the 2012 Elections
In March, Media Council Hawaii and Common Cause Hawaii released their study, "Media, Money & Democracy: Political Campaign Advertising...
Gerald Kato
Aug 31, 20141 min read
House Appropriations Subcommittee to Block FCC’s Political Ad rule
The House Appropriations subcommittee voted to block disclosure of political TV ad buyers online, The Hill's Erik Wasson and Brendan...
Media Council Hawaii
Jun 6, 20121 min read
Public File Inspection: Cleveland TV Stations Don't Like TV Cameras
Via savethenews.org
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 24, 20121 min read
Will Your Phone Tell You How to Vote?
Like an oncoming storm seen in the distance, SuperPAC advertising dollars have some of us worried about where, and how deep, this...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 18, 20121 min read


Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Launches SuperPAC Ad Rocket at PBS
Aside the news of North Korea's fireworks show failed rocket launch, a recent ruling in political advertising is threatening regime...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 12, 20121 min read
New Reports Reveal Relationship of Money & Politics, Move for Online Info of TV Ads
This American Life has an in-depth episode up on money in politics from last week provides a window into this commonly misunderstood part...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 9, 20121 min read
New Actions to Amend TV Ad Buys and Campaign Finance Disclosure
The Campaign Legal Center urged their membership in a release today to support an amendment to require disclosure of groups buying...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 27, 20121 min read
Renewed Pressure for TV Stations to Share Political Ad Info
Today at the New York Times' Media Decoder Blog, Brian Stelter's post acknowledged a new focus to get TV stations to open up their...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 21, 20122 min read


ProPublica Debuts SuperPAC Music Video
ProPublica, the self-described, "independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest," also...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 15, 20121 min read
FlackCheck Wants SuperPacs to Stand By Their Ads
Last Friday, WNYC's On the Media featured Kathleen Hall Jamieson, of the Annenberg Public Public Center at the University Pennsylvania,...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 12, 20121 min read
UNZ12: Unconferenz Highlights
This past Saturday, Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa held the 5th annual Unconferenz at Kap'iolani Community College, and once again spurred great...
Media Council Hawaii
Feb 27, 20123 min read
SuperPAC Transparency Bill Hearing in House Today, 2 p.m.
Today at 2 pm. in Capitol Room 325, the state House Committee on the Judiciary (JUD) will be hearing testimony on important campaign...
Media Council Hawaii
Feb 2, 20121 min read


Media Scrutiny Theater 2012
For the upcoming elections, WYNC's On the Media has brought back Media Scrutiny Theater, a political advertising version of Mystery...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 30, 20121 min read
SuperPAC Spending Will Inundate Citizens, Warns Tim Karr of FreePress
Tim Karr, Senior Strategy Director at FreePress, published a comprehensive report yesterday on campaign Ad spending entitled Citizens...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 27, 20123 min read


Free Press Launches 'Who's Hiding Behind That Ad?'
"If you flip on your local television station and watch for an hour or so, you’re likely to see at least one: a political ad that attacks...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 6, 20122 min read
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