“Tea Leaves” on How the FEC Will Come Down on Whether Bloggers Should Get the Press Exemption?

Adam Bonin sees some hints in the FEC’s ruling on a complaint against CBS. Allison Hayward excerpts the most important statement in this MUR signed by 2 commissioners. An excerpt of that excerpt: “we can find no statutory, constitutional, or especially, policy justification that would deny the so-called press exemption to any periodical publisher of political news or views, whether publishing in print, by broadcast, or over the internet.” See also this Washington Post report.

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