slabjacker21
02-04-2008, 05:55 PM
Unfortunately what the MSM is doing is legal. Due to a loophole in the Federal Communications Act of 1934 section 315 the MSM can claim that they do not have to cover Ron Paul. Check out the Act at this link: http://www.fcc.gov/Reports/1934new.pdf. This link explains that Congress created 4 exemptions in 1959: http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/...qualtimeru.htm.
The explanation is: "Congress stressed that the public interest would be served by allowing stations the freedom to cover the activities of candidates without worrying that any story about a candidate, no matter how tangentially related to his or her candidacy, would require equal time." Kuchinich tried to use this when he complained about being left out of the CNN debate. The FCC denied his complaint due to the debate falling into one
of the exemptions. I am not saying that we should not complain but we also have to contact our congressman/congresswoman to try and get this changed.
The explanation is: "Congress stressed that the public interest would be served by allowing stations the freedom to cover the activities of candidates without worrying that any story about a candidate, no matter how tangentially related to his or her candidacy, would require equal time." Kuchinich tried to use this when he complained about being left out of the CNN debate. The FCC denied his complaint due to the debate falling into one
of the exemptions. I am not saying that we should not complain but we also have to contact our congressman/congresswoman to try and get this changed.