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[[Image:CarlForti.png|frame|left|Carl Forti]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11214 Mitt Romney's "Super" Friends Take Aim Through the "Restore Our Future" Super PAC]</h3> by [[Lisa Graves]]<br>In the Iowa caucus race, the pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC called "Restore Our Future" massively outspent the candidate's official presidential campaign on advertising. The Restore Our Future PAC [http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/03/9926906-romney-super-pac-outpaces-romney-campaign-in-iowa-ad-spending spent] over $3 million in ads, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/romney-versus-gingrich-a-super-pacs-over-the-top-ad/2011/12/20/gIQAeJQn7O_blog.html primarily negative ads against Newt Gingrich], who was the target of more than [http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/22/nation/la-na-iowa-ad-blizzard-20111223 1,200 negative ad spots] from this PAC and others in the span of about a month. With so-called "independent" groups poised to outraise and outspend the electoral candidates themselves, the question is who is really behind this Super PAC and others unleashed by the U.S. Supreme Court's "[http://www.united4thepeople.org Citizens United]" revision of the First Amendment to allow individuals and corporations to give unlimited amounts of money to influence U.S. elections. Read the rest of this item [http://http://www.prwatch.org/node/11214 here].
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[[Image:Chase-Picture-6SupportHoosiers.png|left|200px]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11181 JPMorgan Chase Greedwashes Reputation with 11215 Indiana Workers Stand against the ALEC Agenda and the Anti-Labor Bill Called the "American Giving AwardsRight to Work" (for Less) ] </h3>by [[Anne LandmanLisa Graves]] <br>As ''New York Times'' media reporter Brian Stelter [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/business/media/jpmorgan-is-promoting-its-charity-Thousands of Indiana workers rallied outside, and inside, their state capitol on-nbc-show.html?_r=2On noted on Saturday]Wednesday, December 9January 4, NBC agreed to broadcast a twospeak out against Governor Mitch Daniels' renewed effort to force through so-hour television show fully funded and sponsored by [[JPMorgan Chase]] called the "American Giving Awards.right to work" The program showcased solely recipients of charitable donations from Chase, featured commercials for Chase legislation designed to undermine labor unions and reminded viewers constantly throughout the broadcast that the entire event was "presented workers' rights protected by Chasecollective bargaining." NBC presented Workers won a victory after the show under Governor rescinded new restrictions that had been created to limit the [http://wwwrights of Indiana citizens to freely access their state capitol building.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1679129.php/AmericanPrior to last year's protests, citizens in Indiana, Wisconsin and other states had long enjoyed easy access to their state houses to express their views on legislation, but in Indiana -Giving-Awards-as with-Bob-Costas-J-R-Martinez-Wisconsin andother states -more-onpartisan political leaders imposed supposedly "safety-NBC-Dec-10 guise] based" restrictions to limit citizens exercising their freedoms of a heartwarming holiday season specialassembly and speech. On Wednesday, but it was really a promotional/advertising event emblematic faced with thick lines of constituents winding down the streets of a troubling trend among big businesses the capitol, the state lifted the 3,000-person cap on the number of creating their own media and disguising it as entertainmentpeople who could enter the building where legislation is being pushed to restrict worker rights. Read more [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11181 11215 here].
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