Al Jazeera preps investigative series on 2016 election money


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Michelle Clancy

| 16 October 2015





Al Jazeera America and the Centre for Public Integrity are investigating the flow of dark money in American political campaigns.


Drawing on the investigative resources and storytelling capacities of both organisations, the project will produce coverage running on AJAM, on air and online, during the run-up to the 2016 election.

The Buying of the President 2016 will include in-depth financial profiles of the top candidates as well as investigative stories that look into the world of super PACs and political non-profits made possible by the 2010 Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission US Supreme Court decision.

"We've brought back a great Centre brand – 'the Buying of the President' – to support the Centre's 2016 presidential coverage which will focus on the money behind the candidates and show what it has bought in the past and what donors stand to gain in the future," said Peter Bale, CEO of the Centre for Public Integrity. "The agreement with Al Jazeera America is ground-breaking for the Centre for Public Integrity and the business of creating powerful investigative journalism."