Elections and Media

A cyberattack prevented the online transmission of results from last weekend's congressional elections in Colombia.

A look at the main developments and effects of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling so far and suggestions for stations.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied allegations of abuse of office or threatening a regulator in an effort last year to shut down a political talk show broadcast on state television.

President Barack Obama and the Supreme Court have waded again into unfamiliar and strikingly personal territory.

Saying the Supreme Court's decision "turns the idea of government of, by and for the people on its head," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) held a hearing Wednesday (March 10) on the Supreme Court's decision last September in the Citizen's United case to allow direct funding of TV and radio campaign ads by corporations and unions.

President Barack Obama's savvy use of technology during the 2008 campaign helped pave the way to the White House, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) acknowledged.

The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America has quietly launched an initiative aimed at making Obama supporters' voices heard on the largely conservative airwaves.

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Democrats and Republicans come together on at least one issue: their opposition to letting corporations and unions spend as much as they want to help candidates win elections.

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