Saturday, April 21, 2012

Moyers: Media Giants Fight Proposal That Could Shed Light on Who's Buying Our Elections | Media | AlterNet

The stations already have the data and are required by law to make it public to anyone who asks. But you can get only it by going to the station and asking for the actual paper documents – what’s known as “the public file.” Stations don’t want to put it online because — you guessed it — that would make it too easy for you to find out who’s putting up the cash for all those ads polluting your hometown airwaves.

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