Conservative Talk Payola

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/06/15/conservative_talk_payola.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoliticalWire+%28Political+Wire%29

June 15, 2011

Politico reports that prominent conservative advocacy groups are paying "hefty sponsorship fees" to three popular talk radio hosts: Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

"Those fees buy them a variety of promotional tie-ins, as well as regular on-air plugs -- praising or sometimes defending the groups, while urging listeners to donate -- often woven seamlessly into programming in ways that do not seem like paid advertising."


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