Frontline - Season 0 Episode 681 : Big Sky, Big Money
2025
48
X-Ray
| Genre | : | Documentary, News |
|---|---|---|
| Last Air Date | : | 2025-11-11 |
| Companies | : | PBS |
| Starring | : | Will Lyman |
| Language | : | EN FR DE ES IT |
Overview
In 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision changed the landscape of campaign finance in America.
The decision held that political spending is a form of protected speech and let corporations and unions spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns. But to avoid corruption, the court said the money can’t go directly to candidates; it has to go to independent outside groups. What did that mean in reality? The 2012 documentary Big Sky, Big Money, from FRONTLINE and APM’s Marketplace, offered an on-the-ground look. With that year’s election cycle underway, correspondent Kai Ryssdal traveled to Montana, a battleground over campaign finance at the time, and uncovered startling new evidence of outside interest groups’ influence on local campaigns.
Overview
In 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision changed the landscape of campaign finance in America.
The decision held that political spending is a form of protected speech and let corporations and unions spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns. But to avoid corruption, the court said the money can’t go directly to candidates; it has to go to independent outside groups. What did that mean in reality? The 2012 documentary Big Sky, Big Money, from FRONTLINE and APM’s Marketplace, offered an on-the-ground look. With that year’s election cycle underway, correspondent Kai Ryssdal traveled to Montana, a battleground over campaign finance at the time, and uncovered startling new evidence of outside interest groups’ influence on local campaigns.
