But Carr told reporters that the FCC was simply enforcing the rules on the books. “If you have a legally qualified candidate on, you have to give comparable air time to all other legally qualified candidates, and we’re going to apply that law,” he said.
This is interesting - the rules are for “equal time” but not “Equal time to answer the same interview questions”, which would be fun although we’ve seen how some folk can’t answer questions (cough Pam Bondi cough).
I wonder if the same rules should apply for advertising, since those are going out over networks? If a Grand Old Pedophile gets a 1-minute ad, should the network give a 1-minute space to an opponent?
Edit: Yeah, the rule says they gotta offer time “at the same rate”. That seems fair, I guess. As long as we’re still buying elections.
This is interesting - the rules are for “equal time” but not “Equal time to answer the same interview questions”, which would be fun although we’ve seen how some folk can’t answer questions (cough Pam Bondi cough).
I wonder if the same rules should apply for advertising, since those are going out over networks? If a Grand Old Pedophile gets a 1-minute ad, should the network give a 1-minute space to an opponent?
Edit: Yeah, the rule says they gotta offer time “at the same rate”. That seems fair, I guess. As long as we’re still buying elections.