Awww, someone remembered my subject line from last year! http://goo.gl/0AkYf
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Politico: Randall Terry thought he had WMAQ (NBC O&O Chicago) dead to > > rights, under 'reasonable access' provisions for candidates, to put > > his gory anti-abortion message somewhere within the Super Bowl 46 > > programming, but the FCC's Media Bureau found that a one-time event > > such as the NFL final doesn't afford such opportunity... meanwhile, > > Terry doesn't meet the 'candidate' definition used by the commish... > > > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72430.html > > Randall Terry is not a crazed man. He's a zealous anti-choice activist > and he's always looking to push the envelope. What it looks like is > that he thought he could exploit a loophole in TV advertising policy > by getting his name on a ballot and claiming political speech. The FCC > saw through it and denied him. > > Well, since the stunt worked last year (well, 2010), he thought he could pull it again this year on a larger stage. In fact, when I "reported" on it last year, I noted that his ultimate goal was to get his ad on during the Super Bowl. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com Twitter: @westwit G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
