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Down the Tube
Television, turnout, and the election-industrial complex
Cockburn, Andrew http://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/down-the-tube/
Publisher: Harper's Magazine
Date Written: 01/04/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
Examining the election industry as comprised of media outlets and super PACs, and the diminishing effects of TV advertisements and coverage on voter turnout and engagement.
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Mark McInnon suggested to me that the public may now be wearying of televised political ads, or increasingly immune to them, "like a host that gets used to a virus." Jeb Bush's recent debacle would seem to suggest the same conclusion. Yet there is little sign of change. Just as the defense industry successfully promotes ineffective but highly profitable weapons systems, the election industry keeps pushing this ineffective campaign tool on desperate candidates.
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