FEC Will Not Regulate Political Blogging

eldavojohn writes "Despite complaints that political bloggers should be subject to campaign finance laws since they are donating huge amounts of money in the form of advertising and media services to candidates, the FEC will not regulate political blogging. From the FEC statement: 'While the complaint asserts that DailyKos advocates for the election of Democrats for federal office, the commission has repeatedly stated that an entity that would otherwise qualify for the media exemption does not lose its eligibility because it features news or commentary lacking objectivity or expressly advocates in its editorial the election or defeat of a federal candidate.'"

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What everyone already knows about the internet

[ackthpt]

It's not for promoting candidates, it's for smearing their opponents.

Re:How long until they change their minds?

[cybermage]

You can't swing a cat in this town anymores without braining a couple Mexicans.

That's some cat! You'd think the first Mexican would probably stop its momentum.

Re:How long until they change their minds?

[speaker of the truth]

What tells you that? Science? Let me tell you something boy about when I grew up. We didn't have no science, we had to make do on superstitions and I'll tell you there was a lot less emo people back then too! They were simpler times, they were better times, and we knew that if we wanted to brain a couple of Mexicans with a cat, we could if we swung real hard on the third day of every second month if there was a full moon!