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Politics for Sale (part 2)

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Does the right to free speech mean you can buy as many attack ads as you want? François Picard's panel argues over the record spending in the US election campaign.

DEBATE
  • A. Craig COPETAS, Journalist and author of "Mona Lisa's Pajamas";
  • Paul VALLET, Professor of Political Science at French political science institute Sciences Po;
  • Benoît THIEULIN, Director of web ad agency "La Netscouade" and advisor to campaign of French Socialist candidate François Hollande;
  • John SAMPLES, Director of the Center for Representative Government, CATO Institute (from Washington, DC).

Watch part one.

Produced by Julie Dungelhoeff, Pauline Heilmann, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

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