Comment by econ40432
2 months ago
Does CNN, Fox News, ABC, New York Times and CBS use money to endorse candidates on air? Is that advertising?
2 months ago
Does CNN, Fox News, ABC, New York Times and CBS use money to endorse candidates on air? Is that advertising?
Who would think it's not advertising?
So these news networks would be banned too?
The networks themselves wouldn't be banned, but they wouldn't be permitted to endorse or give airtime to a candidate in exchange for money, I'd assume is the idea.
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Candidate endorsements (and political advertising in general) are core political speech. You can't outlaw it in the US.
Are candidate endorsements by corporations (e.g CNN) allowed? That sounds like something that should be banned.
Sure, corporations get free speech protections too. Journalists even moreso.
And while I'm inclined to believe not everyone should have free speech, I'm also aware that denying it is authoritarian.
Of course they’re “allowed”. Congress shall make no law…
The New York Times Company can say anything they want about anything, and especially political candidates.