But the independent groups are deluging congressional and state races with money, according to the Annenberg study.

CNN: latimes.com: Studies find political ad spending spree

For many, this deluging of their news feeds is irritating at its best and downright depressing at its worst.

FORBES: Make Your Facebook News Feed Stop The Rings And Babies

Dr. Alasdair Conn, chief of emergency medicine, praised Boston's EMTs for equitably spreading patients across the city and not deluging any trauma center with too many critical patients.

WSJ: At Boston Hospitals, An Ordinary Day Turns to Pandemonium

Listing every conceivable website or social network that might occasionally hold material information is a way of conforming to the letter of disclosure law, while deluging investors with so much chaff that no one benefits at all.

FORBES: Netflix's Win Over SEC Will Test Investors And Social Media

Sopheng had kindly arranged to be my guide for the rest of my stay, and over the next two and a half days, through an ever-changing flow of sunshine, light showers and deluging downpours, he went far out of his way to give me an exceptional tour of Banteay Chhmar.

BBC: Piecing together puzzles in Cambodia