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Aaron Rutkoff
Obama Floods Florida Airwaves
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 12, 2008 - 7:21amLast updated: August 12, 2008 - 7:21am
Sen Barack Obama's campaign has aired 9,785 local broadcast TV commercials in Florida while Sen John McCain's campaign has aired none. The Obama campaign has spent about $6.5 million on TV advertising in Florida, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, a unit of media tracker TNS Media Intelligence.
Obama Is Catching Up to McCain In Television-Ad Spending
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 11, 2008 - 6:44amIn the three weeks since Barack Obama launched his first general-election television ad he has all but erased John McCain's three-month headstart in ad spending on the airwaves.
