Who is getting all this money that is being spent on campaigns??

[kentuck]

Meg Whitman has spent over $140 million dollars of her own money! She really wants to fix California, but good.

Then we have the wrestling lady up in Connecticut that has spent a ton of her own money. And the Medicare-fraud person in Florida that is running for Governor has spent a fortune on his campaign.

Where does all this money go?

Does a large chunk of it go to the corporate media for the ads? Is the media the ones that are profiting from this political season. Yes, they are.

But that is one story that no one, not even Keith or Rachel, will address. Because it is taboo.

[avaistheone1]

1. Yes, the biggest chunk goes to corporate media TV

and to direct mail.

[Duer 157099]

2. I have gotten more glossy campaign crap than ever before

Tons and tons of it over the past few weeks, glossy and on heavy weight paper.

I don't even look at them, what a stupid waste of money!!

[arcane1]

3. Same here!

And it seems I get twice as much "R" mail

[Sherman A1]

4. But, someone had to print it

and someone had to bring it to your mail box. So there were workers involved and real jobs.

[emulatorloo]

9. plus paid campaign workers. Meg Whitman is a one-woman Stimulus Package I guess

[Scurrilous]

5. The Direct Mailers are cleaning up.

My brother works in the Direct Mail biz and they're working 24/7.

[deminks]

6. Direct mail, robo callers, ad agencies, and of course, the MEdia.

They create the buzz, and then they bank on it. They must keep the thugs alive, or no one will buy whatever it is they are selling.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Why do you think fox said they want to divide the country

the more the two parties fight the more money they billionaires will shower on the media.

[napi21]

8. There was a discussion on the radio last week about that &

the show host (I think t was Randi) said 99% is TV netweorks She even added that it sure the heck ist radio!!!

I know the other day my hubby said "I can't wait till this mess os over! I'm so sick of seeing all these screaming ads where in one ad the first guy yells about how bad his opponent is and then the next ad is his opponent yelling about how bad the first guy is." There are times I wonder if all this ad money is going to backfire on the Pubbies because it reahed the point where it simply turned people OFF!

[RockaFowler]

10. We're getting a ton of money at our station

And we're in West Palm Beach, FL. Can you imagine around the rest of the state???

[moondust]

11. The places that create the narratives.

The places that have a big financial interest in "keeping it close" to boost ratings and pushing right wingers into office to boost the bottom line: corporate media.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. we were just talking about this topic this morning!

millions go to the networks for TV ads. Some little printers benefit form printing literature.