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With Web Political Ads, Anything Goes

NPR | By Robert Smith

Published May 27, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The campaigns of President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, experiment with what works with political ads online. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

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Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.

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