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Andrea Joy Campbell: “First off, let me just suppose for a moment this Gephardt For President web ad was paid for by the Red Chinese…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
First off, let me just suppose for a moment this Gephardt For President web ad was paid for by the Red Chinese Communists. They put this money to put this ad on the web, and as I understand it, the gentleman's position would be that nobody would know that this was financed by the Communists in China--or similarly banner ads on the web that they can put on at huge expense, spending say, $10 million. Is that correct?
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of foreign financing in political advertising.

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