"State of Political Hate"

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/10/23/16020/north-carolinas-state-political-hate?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-0b6190f7f5-100289977&mc_cid=0b6190f7f5&mc_eid=e715eda377

North Carolina's state of political hate
Tar Heels are enduring the nation's greatest number of negative U.S. Senate election ads
By Dave Levinthal
5:00 am, October 23, 2014 Updated: 5:00 am, October 23, 2014


Editor’s note: The Center for Public Integrity is tracking political advertising in races for the U.S. Senate and state-level offices. Use these two, interactive features — with new data every Thursday — to see who is calling the shots and where the money is being spent.
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"Congratulations, North Carolina: You’ve become the year’s great state of political hate.

Tar Heels last week endured more than 10,800 U.S. Senate election-focused TV ads that featured at least some content that tarred and feathered either incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan or Republican challenger Thom Tillis.

That’s more than one negative TV ad every minute from Tuesday, Oct. 14 to Monday, Oct. 20, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of preliminary data from Kantar Media/CMAG, an ad tracking firm." (more at link above)

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Last week's TV ad counts in North Carolina GRAPH:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/10/23/16029/last-weeks-tv-ad-counts-north-carolina

Source: Center for Public Integrity analysis of Kantar Media/CMAG estimates of ads aired from Oct. 14, 2014, through Oct. 20, 2014. More here.