[grc] Advice needed on election issue

[Rip Robbins]

Everyone is right here about this matter:  
One point about Huffington Post article is that Commercial stations are not held to the FEC and IRS rules regarding 501C3 organizations taking a position or endorsement of ballot measures or candidates.  Commercial stations are held to the FCC rule about offering 'federal office' candidates the same commercial rate for ads, so in this case, if Walker was running for governor, the rule would not apply.  If Walker had been running ads as candidate for US President, the stations would be required to sell ads to the Democrats.

Rip Robbins

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From: grc [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org] On Behalf Of Christina via grc
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 8:50 AM
To: GREGG MCVICAR <undercurrentsradio at gmail.com>
Cc: GRC <GRC at maillist.peak.org>
Subject: Re: [grc] Advice needed on election issue

Also, each station has its own policy. So you might want to refer to the station policy guide or handbook. While FCC rules address candidates, stations may have their own internal policies about covering ballot issues. Great article on FCC rules, btw, which shows examples of how little the rule is enforced in certain situations. Yeah, FD was gutted decades ago, my oversight. 

C


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> On May 16, 2016, at 11:29 PM, GREGG MCVICAR <undercurrentsradio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Fairness Doctrine was discontinued in the ‘80s (under Reagan).  Many of us though still hold to the spirit of it and strive for fairness and multiple perspectives when covering all issues.  Let’s hope the FD comes back so that it’s a requirement, not just a philosophy.
> 
> “Equal Time” provisions in an election year are a different matter, and ET may well be over, according to this:
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-wilson/fcc-no-more-equal-time-re_b_5332812.html
> 
> 
> Gregg McVicar
> 
> 
>> On May 16, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Christina via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
>> 
>>  But the fairness doctrine does not cancel out coverage of an issue because a party declined to comment. 
> 
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