CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING STORY ALERT
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Independent Groups Step Up On-Air Ads
By Peter Overby and Daniella De Franco
National Public Radio | July 18, 2008
Election season is heating up, as independent groups from across the political spectrum launch new ad campaigns targeting candidates for president and Congress. CIR and NPR look at dueling ads featuring veterans and two competing campaigns reaching out to Christians.
+ LISTEN to the story on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92686475
+ WEB EXTRA: Independent Groups Launch Volley Of Ads
Several independent groups—and even a Texas oil baron—unveiled new radio and TV ads during the last week. Here, a brief sampling of those ads and the organizations that produced them. CIR's Daniella De Franco produced this web extra for NPR.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92686475#92687599
+ See more MONEY AND POLITICS stories by CIR:
http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/projects/moneyandpolitics
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