How TV Ad Lies And Private Money Shape U.S. Elections

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission has few regulations over what candidates can say in their advertisements, though private broadcasters and internet platforms can impose more stringent rules. The result is thousands of the political advertising voters see can include lies and outlandish claims.

And some election watchers say the private money was key to a smooth general election process in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. Now, though, some states have begun to outlaw those outside donations in an effort to prevent corruption. Will Congress act to make up the funding gap?

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and voting reporter Miles Parks.

Connect:
Email the show at [email protected]
Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.
Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.
Find and support your local public radio station.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, this is DJ Bradley in Cleveland, Ohio.
0:03.2	I just dropped off the last Afghan family at their new home that had stayed with me while
0:07.6	looking for permanent housing.
0:09.4	This podcast was recorded at...
0:11.3	12.21 pm on April 1st.
0:15.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but one thing that won't is the strong
0:18.9	and lasting friendships we've made.
0:21.2	It has been such a blessing to help welcome them into their new homes here in America.
0:25.5	Okay, here's the show.
0:30.6	How cool is that?
0:32.4	Yeah, super grateful, super grateful for the work you're doing DJ.
0:35.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:38.1	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
0:40.2	I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.
0:41.7	And I'm Dominic Amat, and our Senior Political Editor and Gours Bondin.
0:45.4	And today is April Fool's Day, but we have a zero April Fool's Day elements in this
0:49.7	podcast so you can trust what we tell you coming up.
0:54.2	And today's round up, we have reporting on two different aspects on the election experience,
0:59.0	both the physical, active voting and who can pay for election administration and those
1:04.7	paid ads that if you live in a swing district, you will be so sick of that you want to scream
1:09.9	by the time we get to this election day coming in November.
1:13.7	So Dominic, let's start with you.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.