Negative ads still work.

• Author: Shoemaker, Susan
• Position: Letters to the Editor - Letter to the editor

I'm writing to thank you for continuing to remind the public of the forces that seek to manipulate us. "The Group Behind the Republican Takeover" (by Elizabeth DiNovella, November issue) is just one of the many interconnected groups orchestrated and funded by the Koch brothers.

All of these groups work toward controlling the message and the media, and thus the voters. Whether it's Americans for Prosperity, or the Club for Growth, or the Republican Governors Association, or the Republican State Leadership Committee, they specialize in negative attack...