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Selected Affiliations:
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American Taxpayers Alliance (ATA)
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Relationship: Castellanos produced "Grayout" ads criticizing Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.)
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2001
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Group's Stated Purpose: Protect American taxpayers from new and onerous financial obligations. Harnesses taxpayer anger at unwise decisions by government leaders.
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Citizens for Better Medicare
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Relationship: Castellanos' firm received an estimated $8.3 million to produce ads on behalf of CBM that threatened that a proposed Medicare prescription drug benefit amounted to "Big government in my medicine cabinet."
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: N/A
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Group's Stated Purpose: Medicare reform advocacy.
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Citizens United (CU)
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Relationship: Castellanos' National Media produced ads for Citizens United.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2003
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Group's Stated Purpose: Reassert the traditional American values of limited government, free enterprise, strong families, and national sovereignty and security.
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Cold Harbor Films
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Relationship: Cold Harbor films is a division of National Media, of which Castellanos is a partner.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2001
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Group's Stated Purpose: Republican political advertising production company that is a division of National Media.
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National Media Inc.
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Relationship: Partner and Chief Creative Officer
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2001
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Group's Stated Purpose: GOP political consulting firm that produces television ads.
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Republican National Committee (RNC)
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Relationship: Produced RNC ad attacking Al Gore that flashed the word "RATS" on the screen for a fraction of a second.
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2000
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Group's Stated Purpose: Central campaign committee of the Republican party.
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United Seniors Association (USA)
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Relationship: Produced ads for organization
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Most Recent Year Confirmed in this Role: 2001
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Group's Stated Purpose: Expand retirement and investment freedom, economic freedom, and health freedom for senior Americans and generations to come.
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Mark H. Rodeffer, "Group Blames Davis For 'Grayouts,'" National Journal, June 28, 2001. |
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Public Citizen press release, "Rx Industry Goes for KO: Drug Companies Spend Record Amount This Election Cycle," November 2000. |
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"Citizens for Better Medicare: The Truth Behind the Drug Industry's Deception of America's Seniors," Public Citizen's Congress Watch, June 2000. |
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Mark H. Rodeffer, "Thompson Offers Support for U.S. Troops," National Journal, March 20, 2003. |
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Amy Keller, "Coordination or Coincidence in TV Spots? ; Seniors Appear in Pfizer, Terry Ads," Roll Call, Oct. 28, 2002. |
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"Powerhouse Firms Celebrate Inauguration of President-Elect Bush," Patton Boggs press release, Jan. 19, 2001. |
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Mark Z. Barabak, "Ad Will Blame Davis for Crisis Politics," Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2001. |
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"United Seniors Association: Hired Guns For PhRMA and Other Corporate Interests," Public Citizen, July 2002. (link: http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/special_interest/articles.cfm?ID=7999.) |
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