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Contrary to Linda McMahon Campaign's Assertions, World Wrestling Entertainment Lobbied on Legislation

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Even Linda McMahon's campaign spokesman Ed Patru had to admit that her choice of words "could have been more precise" when she was caught denying "spending lobbying dollars in Washington" to Tea Party activists earlier this year. But Patru then lied himself when he claimed that "WWE never sought to influence any particular piece of pending legislation". In fact, WWE spent money lobbying against Joe Lieberman’s Media Marketing and Accountability Act of 2001 which sought to impose new sanctions on "targeted marketing to minors" of adult-rated motion pictures, music recordings and electronic games.