"CDT Responds to Markos"
John Morris of CDT has posted this
response on the Kos website regarding the choice between, among
other options, HR 1606 and HR 4900 (the CDT alternative). A snippet:
Let me address how DailyKos would be affected under HR 4900. I believe
that DailyKos would be deemed to be news media (which HR 4900 would
permit but HR 1606 does not address). So you and the blog would have no
obligations under the rules. More generally, I believe that all or
almost all blogs would be fully protected by HR 4900, either because
they do not spend more than $5000 for advocacy, or because they are
news media, or both.
Very interesting. If that's the intention, then perhaps the language of
HR 4900 should be drafted to make this fact more self evident
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Rick Hasen
William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law
Loyola Law School
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