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March 03, 2005
Crucifed By the FECThe FEC is out ta git me. A judge recently overturned the 2002 Internet exemption voted for by the FEC. The judge's ruling now makes, it seems, praise of a politican, or links to their websites, potentially in-kind campaign donations, subject to FEC scrutiny (and donation limits!). However, this would seem restricted to cases of "coordination" with a party or a candidate. Which would seem to limit the impact... I've never coordinated with anyone. In fact, I often don't coordinate with myself. But what is "coordination"? I don't know, and until now I never had to worry about it. Hypothetically, let's say that some PR person working for a political candidate shoots me an email pointing out such-and-such a story that I might find interesting. Is this "coordination"? It's not "coordination" when the DNC sends opposition research to a liberal reporter and he dutifully reports it. (Or, in fact, when a longtime Democratic operative gives transparently-sham documents to a partisan producer at CBS and she and Dan Rather run with the story like it's the moon landing.) Why on earth should I be subject to rules that don't apply to reporters? Fact is, I'm not strictly a reporter; neither am I really a journalist. If you're going to categorize the dumb stuff I do, I'm an amateur analyst, an armchair, pajama-wearing pundit. But so is Bill Press. Yes, he draws a paycheck, but he's still obviously an amateur. On these points... Q: What rules will apply to the Internet that did not before? Bizarre? How about ridiculous? Thanks, John McCain. Until now I took conservative complaints about McCain-Feingold limiting free speech as important but fairly theoretical. Now it's not so theoretical. The New York Times can print up oppo research from the DNC and call it "news" all the live-long day, but if I link the Bush-Cheney website, I may be subject to a long and costly investigation by the FEC. I'm not sure if I ever linked any political party's or any candidate's web-site; I don't think I have. Maybe I did once. But, thanks to John McCain, now it seems I can't. Even if I find something interesting there. I guess I have to thank the somewhat-craven-on-this-issue George W. Bush as well. Thanks to Ogre Gunner. A Way Out?: Non-internet periodicals are excepted, huh? Well, I guess we bloggers are going to just have to collect up a small base of "subscribers," paying something like $5 a year, and then send them out a "newsletter" every few months or so. The "newsletter" will be the periodical; the blog itself will just be, ahem, the free on-line content, like what most magazines and newspapers offer. If that's the hoop we have to jump through, so be it. My "newsletter" will consist chiefly of character sheets for my highest-level D&D heroes as well as reviews of porno sites I frequent. I may also include my regimen for working on my lats. All important stuff. The political content on this site will just be a little bonus. | Recent Comments
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