Dollarocracy (67 page)

Des Moines, Iowa,
52

TV stations,
129–130

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
166

Detroit News
,
56
,
172

DeVos, Dick and Betsy,
47
,
48
,
56
,
63

Dewey, Thomas,
25
,
101

Dickerson, John,
161–162

Dickinson, Tim,
153
,
236
,
237
,
241

Dierdorff, Sheree,
137

Digital Advertising Alliance,
245

Direct Mail advertising,
125

DISCLOSE Act,
268

Disney,
138

Dodd, Chris,
80

Dowd, Matthew,
224

Donaldson, Sam,
198

Downie, Len,
186

Doyle Dane Bernbach,
103

Drum, Kevin,
199

DSPolitical,
238
,
244

Dukakis, Michael,
121–122
,
126

Dumbgeist,
207

Duncan, Robert,
89

Duping of the American Voter, The
(Spero),
106

Economist, The
(magazine),
15
,
228
,
232–233
,
239
,
250
,
272

Educational system, and corporations,
48
,
75
,
78

Edwards, Donna,
265

Edwards, George C.,
282

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
25
,
31
,
32
,
100–102
,
105
,
248

Elections, in other countries,
274–277

Elias, Marc,
94

Elk, Mike,
196–197

Elkind, Sarah,
How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy
,
198

Ellenthal, Andy,
244

Ellis, John Prescott,
218

Ellison, Keith,
281

Environment, the,
26
,
269

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
26

Epps, Garrett,
258

Eskew, Carter,
118

Evans, M. Stanton,
77

Eymer, Scott,
129
,
132

Facebook,
223
,
225
,
226–227
,
229
,
231
,
236
,
240

FactCheck.org
,
152

Fact-checking,
151–153
,
157–160
,
207–208
,
216
,
266–267

Fair Elections Now Act,
268

Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Poll,
214

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR),
197–198
,
206

Fairness Doctrine,
211

FairVote,
15
,
280

Fallows, James,
186

Farhi, Paul,
135

Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
72
,
75
,
133
,
149
,
150
,
151
,
191
,
251
,
266–267
,
282

Federal Communications Act, Section 13,
266

Federal Corrupt Practices Act,
23

Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
27–29
,
82

        
amended,
67
,
69

Federal Election Commission (FEC),
43
,
44
,
87
,
153
,
227–228

Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right To Life
,
87

Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
77

Federalist Society,
78
,
86

Feingold, Russ,
3
,
107
,
117
,
147–148
,
153–154
,
197
,
263

Ferguson, Jim,
113

Ferguson, Thomas,
34
,
43

Ferraro, Geraldine,
198

Filner, Bob,
54

Financial Times
,
237

First Amendment, United States Constitution,
69
,
70–71
,
83–84
,
85
,
164
,
165
,
166–167
,
251–252

First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
,
70–71
,
82–84
,
84–85
,
86

527 organizations,
50

Florida, 2000 election recount,
86
,
218

Foner, Eric,
255
,
258

Foote, Cone & Belding,
104

Forbes
magazine,
42
,
223

Fourteenth Amendment, United States Constitution,
83

Fourth Amendment, United States Constitution,
251–252

Fowler, Erika Franklin,
134

Fox News,
9
,
36
,
103
,
151
,
158
,
185
,
212
,
213–215
,
216
,
217–219
,
249–250

France, 2012 election,
204–205

Frank, Tom,
217

Franklin, Benjamin,
7
,
17
,
255

Franz, Michael,
115
,
126
,
127
,
153
,
187

Free trade,
31
,
185

Free Press,
156–7
,
158
,
266

Free Press,
Left in the Dark: Local Election Coverage in the Age of Big-Money Politics
,
266

Free Speech for People,
263–264

Freedom of Information Act,
26

Friends of Democracy,
268

Friedman, Milton,
146

Freidersdorf, Conor,
186

“Gaffe Game,”
207

Galbraith, John Kenneth,
144

Gallup polls,
196
,
262

Gans, Herbert,
163–164
,
208–209

Garvey, Ed,
117
,
121
,
135
,
154

Geer, John,
155

Genachowski, Julius,
152
,
153

George Washington University,
128

Georgia State University,
114

Gerrymander, definition,
15

Gerson, Michael,
153

Gettysburg Address,
20
,
95
,
104

Ghani, Rayid,
237
,
239
,
242

Gilded Age,
19–20
,
228

Gillmor, Dan,
151
,
158

Gingrich, Newt,
39
,
53
,
59–60
,
65
,
146
,
210–211
,
215

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader,
88
,
91

Glass-Steagall Act,
31

Goff, Teddy,
240
,
245–246

Goldman Sachs,
16
,
90

Goldstein, Kenneth,
135
,
159
,
241–242
,
244

Goldwater, Barry,
23–24
,
69
,
76–77
,
85–86
,
102
,
146
,
222
,
242

Goode, Virgil,
205

Goodstein, Scott,
251–252
,
254

Google,
228
,
229
,
230
,
230–231
,
243

Gore, Al,
xiii-xiv
,
86
,
218

Gore Commission,
148–149

Gravel, Mike,
29
,
181

Graves, Lisa,
45

Greeley, Horace,
167

Greenberg, Eric,
134
,
137

Greenwald, Glenn,
112
,
206
,
209
,
219–220
,

Green Party,
183
,
204

Gregoire, Chris,
195

Greider, William,
110

Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,
97
,
98

Guardian, The
(newspaper),
151
,
234–235

Halberstam, David,
102
,
105

Haldeman, H. R.,
70

Hamilton, Russ,
130

Hanlon, Seth,
64

Hanna, Colin,
243
,
244–245

Hanna, Mark,
19–20
,
21

Hannity, Sean,
194
,
216
,
217

Harlan, John Marshall II,
70
,
72

Harris, Fred,
73

Harvard University,
29
,
30
,
77
,
186

Hawthorne, Nathaniel,
167

Hayes, Chris,
xvi
,
215

Hayes, Rutherford B.,
20

Hays, Wayne,
29

Healthcare,
51–52
,
93
,
204

Helgesen, Vidar,
12

Herbert, Bob,
33

Heritage Foundation,
78
,
81

Hersh, Seymour,
41

Hightower, Jim,
85

Hillary: The Movie
(Citizens United commercial),
87

Hillygus, Sunshine,
253

Holan, Angie,
158

Holm, James,
xvi

Horton, Willie,
121–122
,
126
,
156

Hoving, Thomas P. F.,
144
,
145
,
145–146

How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy
(Elkhind),
198

Hughes, Langston,
282

Huntington, Samuel,
30

Huntsman, Jon,
xiii-xiv
,
162

Industrial Revolution,
168
,
169–170

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB),
243

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
44

International Institute for Democracy

and Electoral Assistance,
12

Internet

        
advertising,
230–231
,
232–234
,
242–254

        
and
Citizens United v. FEC
,
227–228

        
cookies,
230–231
,
238
,
243

        
and dark money,
250–251

        
data collection,
236–242

        
evolution of,
226–231

        
journalism,
195–196
,
231–232
,
233

        
monopolies,
228–229

        
and nonprofit journalism,
231–232
,
233
,
234–235

        
political advertising,
159–160
,
221–226

        
privacy concerns,
246–248
,
254
,
267

        
and public policy,
253–254

        
and social media,
9–10

Internet political ad database, for major networks,
151