The NAB has informed its members that it’s okay to air issue comm...
The NAB has informed its members that it’s okay to air issue commercials asking listeners and viewers to write their congressmen and senators urging them to support President Bush’s tax cut proposal. The Democratic National Committee had urged stations…
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not to air the spots, citing a provision in the Campaign Reform Act prohibiting labor unions and corporations from airing certain types of issue ads. The NAB said the spots “do not appear to be prohibited” by the campaign law, also pointing out the Federal Election Commission has ruled that stations aren’t required to “police ads for impermissible electioneering communications.” Meanwhile, the U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., has stayed its May 2 order declaring parts of the campaign act unconstitutional until the U.S. Supreme Court can act. The NAB is among several groups that have appealed at least some part of lower court’s ruling.