Repeal of "equal time" requirements: hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 6103 ... February 7, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 106 pages |
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Page 11 - Congress to make a contribution or expenditure in connection with any election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, or for any corporation whatever, or any labor organization to make a contribution or expenditure...
Page 6 - expenditure" does not include — (i) any news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate...
Page 86 - Appearance by a legally qualified candidate on any — (1) bona fide newscast, (2) bona fide news interview, (3) bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by the news documentary), or (4) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including but not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto), shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station within the meanIng of this subsection.
Page 13 - Government-enforced right of access inescapably "dampens the vigor and limits the variety of public debate," New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, [ ]. The Court, in Mills v. Alabama, 384 US 214, 218 (1966), stated that "there is practically universal agreement that a major purpose of [the First] Amendment was to protect the free discussion of governmental affairs.
Page 8 - contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable to make a contribution ; (e) The term "expenditure...
Page 104 - I am director of the office of communication of the United Church of Christ.
Page 31 - Subcommittee on Communications and Power of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, June 2, 1970.
Page 11 - ... in connection with any election at which Presidential and Vice Presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress are to be voted for...
Page 11 - The evil at which Congress has struck in § 313 is the use of corporation or union funds to influence the public at large to vote for a particular candidate or a particular party.
Page 31 - Amendment of Parts 73 and 76 of the Commission's Rules Relating to Program Exclusivity in the Cable and Broadcast Industries, 3 FCC Red 5299, 5319 (1988), affd, 890 F.2d 1173 (DC Cir.