Non-Tech: Freedom of Speech
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bob
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11:26, Friday, 27 September 2002
I guess I'm glad to know that political ad restrictions don't affect Leno and Letterman (what about Conan?). There mere fact that the feds have to clarify that entertainers can talk about an election near polling day shows us just how close we've gotten to losing some of our guaranteed freedoms.
I'll take freedom instead of security any day. But then again, I'm a libertarian.
Jay Leno ( news - Y! TV) and David Letterman ( news - Y! TV) still will be able to joke about federal political candidates in the weeks before an election. The Federal Election Commission ( news - web sites) says comments like theirs are not covered by the new campaign finance law.
The law, which takes effect Nov. 6, prohibits special interest groups from airing ads identifying federal candidates within one month of a primary or two months of a general election.
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