11 CFR 100.73 - News story, commentary, or editorial by the media.

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Title 11: Federal Elections

CHAPTER I: FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SUBCHAPTER A: GENERAL

PART 100: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)

Subpart C: Exceptions to Contributions

100.73 - News story, commentary, or editorial by the media.

Any cost incurred in covering or carrying a news story, commentary, or editorial by any broadcasting station (including a cable television operator, programmer or producer), Web site, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, including any Internet or electronic publication, is not a contribution unless the facility is owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate, in which case the costs for a news story:

(a) That represents a bona fide news account communicated in a publication of general circulation or on a licensed broadcasting facility; and

(b) That is part of a general pattern of campaign-related news accounts that give reasonably equal coverage to all opposing candidates in the circulation or listening area, is not a contribution.

[67 FR 50585, Aug. 5, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 18613, Apr. 12, 2006]

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