Campaign Finance, Equal Time Rules, Clarified in Slate Article on Stephen Colbert’s TV Show in Relation to his Sister’s Congressional Campaign

Slate has this interesting article by Megan Wiegand, “Does Stephen Colbert’s Endorsement of His Sister Violate Election Laws?” The article is especially interesting for what it says about the virtually-defunct “Equal Time” law for broadcasts sent out over the airwaves. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.


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Campaign Finance, Equal Time Rules, Clarified in Slate Article on Stephen Colbert’s TV Show in Relation to his Sister’s Congressional Campaign — No Comments

  1. Interesting…but the article commits the same un-democratic bias that practically all “mainstream” media venues commit. They left out the minor party candidate, Eugene Platt in this case.

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