More Transparency in Research?
In Buzzfeed, Delve CEO Jeff Berkowitz argues technology not legal loopholes, are pushing oppo into the limelight. Buzzfeed looked at how campaigns and independent expenditure groups are getting around campaign finance laws preventing coordination when it comes to opposition research.
In the story, Berkowitz argues that new digital technologies are breaking down opposition research’s veil of secrecy far more than any legal loopholes:
The new transparency between campaigns and the outside group that are, by law, walled off from them offers cash savings to both sides, who can share research, and it allows them to keep their messages in sync. But while court rulings have loosened the spending regulations, this is more the result of technology widening existing loopholes.
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“Technology has been pushing for more openness on the research front for the past decade,” said Jeff Berkowitz, a former Republican National Committee research director. “The advent of YouTube and online social networks has accelerated that trend of openness far more than any developments in campaign finance law.”
Read the full story here.
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