Amy Goodman
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The Priciest Midterms Ever, Brought to You by "Dark Money" and Election Finance Out of Control
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8:45Now PlayingThe most expensive midterms in history could see one of the lowest turnouts in years. Voting numbers will likely dip below the 40 percent mark of both 2006 and 2010. This despite a record estimate of $4 billion in spending. One quarter of that money, some $1 billion, will come from anonymous, socalled dark money groups. That money has gone into creating some two million television ads most of them attack ads. We are joined by Lee Fang, one reporter attempting to follow the dark money trail. A reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, Fang blogs about money and politics at the Republic Report.
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