[EL] newspaper running/buying candidate ad?

[Sean Parnell]

Good point, forgot that Washington was one of the 26 states that allowed
corporate IEs pre-Citizens United. Re-framing the question then, had this
been for a U.S. Senate candidate, would it have been permitted pre-Citizens
Untied? I think from the responses so far the answer is pretty clearly yes.

 

Sean Parnell

President

Impact Policy Management, LLC

6411 Caleb Court

Alexandria, VA  22315

571-289-1374 (c)

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

 

From: Bill Maurer [mailto:wmaurer at ij.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:12 PM
To: Sean Parnell; 'Bill Sherman'; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: RE: [EL] newspaper running/buying candidate ad?

 

Technically, it wouldn't matter whether this was a pre-or-post Citizens
United advertisement, as Washington law has long permitted both independent
expenditures in support or opposition of candidates by corporations, as well
as contributions directly to candidates by corporations.  

 

Bill

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Sean
Parnell
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:53 AM
To: 'Bill Sherman'; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] newspaper running/buying candidate ad?

 

This raises an interesting question - pre-Citizens United would the Times
have been able to run that very same ad in the very same spot, only
replacing the 'paid for by' language with something along the lines of 'an
editorial endorsement by the publisher of the Seattle Times'? I'd assume so
- there's no particular reason I can think of that a newspaper couldn't
repeat its endorsement elsewhere in the newspaper, and do so in a different
format.

 

Sean Parnell

President

Impact Policy Management, LLC

6411 Caleb Court

Alexandria, VA  22315

571-289-1374 (c)

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Bill
Sherman
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:38 PM
To: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] newspaper running/buying candidate ad?

 

Readers of this list may be interested in something in today's Seattle
Times.  On page B6, among bank and Wal-Mart ads and between the comics and
the obits, the Times ran a full-page color ad supporting a candidate for
governor (the same one the paper endorsed).  The ad was paid for by the
Seattle Times Co.

 

That's the first time I can remember seeing a significant IE paid for by a
regular mainstream media outlet, run in its own pages (or bandwidth, or air
time).  I'm curious whether I've been missing this occurring elsewhere.
Have you seen this in your markets?  (please spare me the Fox News & MSNBC
comments).


Bill Sherman

 

 

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