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Making Contact
"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
This week on Making Contact:
The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But there’s a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power. Authors John Nichols and Robert McChesney have a name for the state we’re in: Dollarocracy.
Thanks to Pirate TV for use of their recording.
Featuring:
John Nichols, Washington, DC correspondent, Nation magazine; Robert W. McChesney Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Credits:
Producers: George Lavender, Nancy Lopez, Andrew Stelzer
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Online Editor: Kwan Booth
Organizational Volunteers: Barbara Barnett, Dan Turner
