The two companies were basically owned by the same individuals, so the company officials pocketed millions of dollars in profits from the excess or kickbacks of the ultra high bills (Berger, Free and Searles 341). ... It should be obvious that "soft money" is a growing problem and dare I say threat to our system and idea of "free" elections in the United States. ... It is important to note that these people control large amounts of money and are often referred to as "clients" by some government officials (Bean 119). ... A book by a man named Charles Lewis and others from the Center for Publ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"I hope she makes a zillion dollars and the book flies out of the store, which apparently it is."" ... Several months later Crown Publishers bought her book. ... Her book is killed abruptly by Rupert Murdoch's publishing house but later picked up by a liberal, European-owned Manhattan firm. She embarks on a triumphant promotional tour through the studios and newsrooms of the same "liberal media- establishment excoriated in that book. ... Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Times "repeatedly identified by Coulter as a mainstay of the liberal media monopoly "her book's friendly r...

• Word Count: 7521
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate