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KoKo

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3. Anyone have a Link to Confronting FCC to get MONEY RESTRICTED in POLITICS?
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 07:19 PM
Sep 2014


Particularly about Laurence Lessing's Campaign which so many Progressives have Signed Onto....and Donated to after his appearance on Bill Moyers.

Awhile back I read an article about how we could cut the influence of the Citizens United decision. I can't remember the source but this is what I remember of the article:

There is one way of stopping this that gets little mention. We could work on getting the FCC to bring back some parts of the "Fairness Doctrine," modified. Force the the TV/Radio/MSM to give Free and Equal Airtime to all Candidates. Put limits on the time allowed so that everyone gets their two minutes or whatever time seems appropriate for message. Limit the ads to a month before Primaries and a month before the General Elections.

Candidates could still do their mail campaigns and advertise in whatever newspapers still exist and online.

Does anyone else remember reading about this as a solution?

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Recommended. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
Rather than dwell over the time it takes to get "More & Better Dems" KoKo Sep 2014 #8
The battlefield between us and #3 is pretty much the same as the "general battlefield"... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #9
Yes...you might want to explain that Tombstone.... KoKo Sep 2014 #10
I recommend any work by Lawrence Lessig, like Free Culture. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #11
Bill Moyers did an Excellent Interview with Lessing... KoKo Sep 2014 #12
I fear that people miss the the point of government. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #13
Ahhh...Bucky Fuller...! KoKo Sep 2014 #14
I do not think either party is going to give up all of that money. djean111 Sep 2014 #2
Well said...and as we go forward...TRUTH OUTS.... KoKo Sep 2014 #5
Anyone have a Link to Confronting FCC to get MONEY RESTRICTED in POLITICS? KoKo Sep 2014 #3
The "limit the ads" part would be unconstitutional under current interpretations Jim Lane Sep 2014 #15
Given that there is a Monopoly of Three Cable Providers KoKo Sep 2014 #16
Broadcast is different because of scarcity of spectrum space. Jim Lane Sep 2014 #17
I did some more research....This goes back to Clinton/Gore Commission KoKo Sep 2014 #18
BTW...this Article is a Very Long Read...(An Over the weekend Project) KoKo Sep 2014 #4
I agree with the article. But this is not to say we shouldn't use every tactic at our rhett o rick Sep 2014 #6
check out my Post #3....there was a movement to do this... KoKo Sep 2014 #7
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