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Peaker
on Jan 21, 2012
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MPAA Publicly Threatens to Stop Writing Checks
How about disallowing political ads on TV and newspapers for a few months before election, except for publicly funded ones in secured slots for that purpose?
skymt
on Jan 21, 2012
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And what about political TV programming and editorials? Should those be censored as well?
Peaker
on Jan 21, 2012
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In Israel, where I live, some forms of political speech in political TV programming and editorials is disallowed in the pre-election time period.
sarchertech
on Jan 22, 2012
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That would require a constitutional amendment:
"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..."
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