T. Gorton said "In fact, I have it here for our viewers if they want to look, section 431(9)(B), subsection 1: Any news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate; In other words, a blanket exemption for the press that no one else would enjoy. I say to my colleague from Washington, just to ask a question, Westinghouse owns CBS, Disney owns ABC, and GE owns NBC. Now, these big corporate giants in America will, through the ownership of these television broadcast networks, enjoy a total exemption from all the restrictions that would be placed on the political speech of everybody else. This is not an unrealistic hypothetical." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 6, 1997

In fact, I have it here for our viewers if they want to look, section 431(9)(B), subsection 1: Any news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate; In other words, a blanket exemption for the press that no one else would enjoy. I say to my colleague from Washington, just to ask a question, Westinghouse owns CBS, Disney owns ABC, and GE owns NBC. Now, these big corporate giants in America will, through the ownership of these television broadcast networks, enjoy a total exemption from all the restrictions that would be placed on the political speech of everybody else. This is not an unrealistic hypothetical.

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T. Gorton

Republican · Washington

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of the Supreme Court's decision on the McCain-Feingold bill and media exemptions.

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