ConservativeTransparency.org: Peeling Off Conservatives' AstroTurf Mask
Chris Harris
HuffPost
Over the past year, and especially since the tea party protests on April 15th, there's been a lot of chatter about "AstroTurfing" (fake grassroots activism). As these "AstroTurf" organizations sprouted up, progressive operatives and bloggers scrambled to link them to big business and political players in Washington. Well, the scrambling days are over.
As Congress enters another stage in the debates over health care and clean energy, Media Matters Action Network is launching a brand new database that tracks the money flowing into the coffers of conservative groups from the nation's largest corporations and conservative foundations. The database, found at ConservativeTransparency.org, presents data in a way that is easily digestible by bloggers, reporters, researchers and the public-at-large.
Most databases tracking money in politics focus on Federal Election Commission reports filed by candidates and party committees, but we went a different way. Instead, we compiled IRS data off of 990 forms filed by conservative think tanks, nonprofit activist groups, and foundations.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-harris/conservativetransparencyo_b_345354.html
HuffPost
Over the past year, and especially since the tea party protests on April 15th, there's been a lot of chatter about "AstroTurfing" (fake grassroots activism). As these "AstroTurf" organizations sprouted up, progressive operatives and bloggers scrambled to link them to big business and political players in Washington. Well, the scrambling days are over.
As Congress enters another stage in the debates over health care and clean energy, Media Matters Action Network is launching a brand new database that tracks the money flowing into the coffers of conservative groups from the nation's largest corporations and conservative foundations. The database, found at ConservativeTransparency.org, presents data in a way that is easily digestible by bloggers, reporters, researchers and the public-at-large.
Most databases tracking money in politics focus on Federal Election Commission reports filed by candidates and party committees, but we went a different way. Instead, we compiled IRS data off of 990 forms filed by conservative think tanks, nonprofit activist groups, and foundations.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-harris/conservativetransparencyo_b_345354.html
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