Posts tagged "Peter DeFazio"

Stealth Advertising, Supreme Court Style II

One day it was NPR’s All Things Considered reporting Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio’s (D-Sandbagged) search – to no avail – for the “mystery” group attacking him with an $86,000 (according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) ad campaign. The next day it was New York Times reporter Mike McIntire chasing – to no avail – the elusive group...

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Stealth Advertising, Supreme Court Style

Political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, and the government may not keep corporations or unions from spending money to support or denounce individual candidates in elections.

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