The Political Influence of Billionaires
The way billionaires and big tech are attempting to affect democratic processes via political spending is on nearly everyone’s radar after the 2020 election. Jeff Bezos and Amazon have demonstrated…
Big Tech
Best of CRC Media Hits for January 2021
January’s media hits are setting the tone for some of the topics we’ll be focused on in the coming year, including Big Tech, conservative versus liberal dark money giving, how…
Benefiting from Information at the Philanthropic Top of a Pyramid
“What a lot of people think of as raw IQ from CEOs is actually a) access to information from smart people,” and “b) the compounding effects of (a).” Yet the…
What Might a War with Big Tech Look Like
On the Bill Meyer Show, Michael Hartmann discussed his reposted article on the impending war with Big Tech and how we got where we are now with Google, Facebook, and…
Big Tech, Big Trouble
Big Tech sure seems to be in big trouble, with a lot of people and for a lot of reasons. During the past couple of years, it’s variously angered liberals…
Best of CRC Media Hits for December 2020
December, generally a quiet month in DC, was still quite busy for the Capital Research Center, thanks in no small part to our report on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s election…
Privatizing the Senate Runoff Elections: CTCL Grant Targets Democratic Stronghold in Georgia
In the November elections, the nonprofit Center for Technology and Civil Life (CTCL) stirred controversy with its targeted funding of public elections, prompting lawsuits and investigations. In December, CTCL made…
Zuckerberg’s Return on Investment in Pennsylvania
Arguments over this year’s vote in Pennsylvania continue to rage, but one critical aspect deserves more attention: the millions of dollars that flowed from the family of Facebook CEO Mark…