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Ted Cruz hosts a podcast for free — a Ted Cruz super PAC gets paid
iHeartMedia, which distributes Verdict, has paid more than $630,000 to a super PAC that supports his campaign.
Then, according to Premiere Networks, iHeart pays money made from the show’s ads to Truth and Courage PAC, an independent political action committee that supports Cruz’s reelection. “Senator Cruz volunteers his time to host this podcast and isn’t compensated for it,” Rachel Nelson, spokesperson for Premiere Networks, said in a statement to Hot Pod last week. He does this to pull back the veil on the corrupt inner workings of Washington — none of which ever get fairly covered,” campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez told Hot Pod in a statement.
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