Back on April 29, Tara Van Gundy replied to Ed Dravecky: > > > The FCC doesn't regulate newspapers, direct mail firms, or billboard >> companies. They _do_ regulate radio stations, of course, and if the TV >> experiment is successful then I'd expect it to spread to the radio >> side as well. > > > > Shouldn't this be the FEC business too? If the TV stations have to put > that info online, I'd like to know who is paying what to the Times, CNN (I > don't the FCC has oversight for the news channels), etc. I think the data > should be readily available to all. > > As someone who started their career in a rep firm during a midterm > election a zillion years ago, political advertising is a lot of work for > the local stations (a moneymaker, but more labor intensive than say the > local car dealer buying time). This seems to be just more paperwork that > the Times can advocate in their opinion pages but has no impact on them and > big impact on a competitor. > > A House subcommittee chairwoman wondered about these things as well, and attached a rider to the current appropriations bill to kill the rule.
The free-speech advocates, of course, don't like it. TheWrap<http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/house-panel-moves-nullify-fccs-political-ad-disclosure-rules-43001> -- BOB -- 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
