Right to Blog - Protected!!!!!!!
Posted by Andy on March 27th, 2006
In a ray of hope that the Federal Government doesn’t have it’s head firmly planted up it’s you know what, the FEC decided that blogs should be covered under Freedom of Speech, in regards to Political Speech.
The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation’s new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the Internet.
In a 6-0 vote, the commission decided to regulate only paid political ads placed on another person’s Web site.
The decision means that bloggers and online publications will not be covered by provisions of the new election law. Internet bloggers and individuals will therefore be able to use the Internet to attack or support federal candidates without running afoul of campaign spending and contribution limits.
Hallelujah! Even better-
For example, the rule says individuals can use union or corporate computers or other electronic devices for political activity, as long they do it on their own time and are not coerced to engage in such activity by the union or corporation.
Uh oh, Ed MN and AFSCME better rebuild their political wing.
Bloggers would be entitled to the same exemption from the campaign finance law that newspapers and other traditional forms of media receive.
“There will be no second class citizens among members of the media,” Toner said.
And with that last quote, bloggers will now face a 24-7 assault from the legacy media. They will not stand for such an insult as to be likened to bloggers.
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March 27th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Man Oh Man…
This is the best news regarding the First Amendment since the First Amendment was originally penned!!!
Yeee-haawww!