It's crazy to me that we allow politicians to run targeted ad campaigns.
I randomly looked up Andrew Yang on good a few days ago on my phone and had ads from two billionaires take up my whole screen.
https://imgur.com/a/Ke3aWBH
Without campaign finance regulation majority of the billions donated to campaigns is going directly into pockets of Google, Facebook and cable monopolies. We're letting billionaires buy the election.
> What has Bloomberg been spending on? Per the Federal Elections Commission data through the end of 2019, the two biggest costs have been television advertising ($132 million) and digital outreach ($20 million). Some of the costs reflect a late entry to the campaign—buying lists of voters to contact ($3.2 million), hiring people to gather signatures to get his name on the ballot ($373,441), and hiring recruiters to bring onboard staff ($107,000).
https://qz.com/1802367/detailing-mike-bloombergs-unprecedent...
How are we supposed to trust the media when they're on track to get a billion dollars from a single candidate?
I randomly looked up Andrew Yang on good a few days ago on my phone and had ads from two billionaires take up my whole screen.
https://imgur.com/a/Ke3aWBH
Without campaign finance regulation majority of the billions donated to campaigns is going directly into pockets of Google, Facebook and cable monopolies. We're letting billionaires buy the election.
> What has Bloomberg been spending on? Per the Federal Elections Commission data through the end of 2019, the two biggest costs have been television advertising ($132 million) and digital outreach ($20 million). Some of the costs reflect a late entry to the campaign—buying lists of voters to contact ($3.2 million), hiring people to gather signatures to get his name on the ballot ($373,441), and hiring recruiters to bring onboard staff ($107,000).
https://qz.com/1802367/detailing-mike-bloombergs-unprecedent...
How are we supposed to trust the media when they're on track to get a billion dollars from a single candidate?