May 7, 2012 | 1:26 PM | By Matthew Green
Super PACs: The Music Video!
Music video
FILED UNDER: Audio, Government, Law & Power, Money, Video, campaign finance, elections, music video, Super PACs, video
What better way of explaining Super PACs than through a music video! Might not make the Top 40, but it should. The folks at Explainer Music do it justice.
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Matthew Green runs KQED’s News Education Project, a new online resource for educators and the general public to help explain the news. The project lives at kqed.org/lowdown. View all posts by Matthew Green →
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