Posted on 04/16/2016 5:21:13 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Reality Check has already shown how “Neutral” Conservative News Websites Breitbart and The Daily Wire are actually fronts for the Ted Cruz Campaign. In our article “The $25 Million Dollar Trump Take Down” we clearly show that the owners of those sites donated over $25 Million Dollars to the Cruz Campaign and then use their websites to promote him. But is Talk Radio also on the take? Reality Check dug into Cruz FEC Filings and discovered the Cruz PACs paid a Talk Radio Insider over $8 Million Dollars, and the endorsements of Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and others quickly came in.
The FCC regulates the nation’s TV and Radio Stations because the signals they use are owned by the public. This is why you cannot use certain words on the radio, stations must have licenses, keep a public records file and make it available, etc.
One FCC rule is 47 U.S. Code § 317 or the Payola Rule. Simply put, Radio/TV Stations and their employees are not allowed to take money to put content in their programming, mention items, talk about candidates, etc. unless that sponsorship is disclosed.
In other words, if a Talk Show host like Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Hugh Hewitt or others was paid money by a campaign to talk glowingly, defend or endorse a candidate, and not disclose that they were paid on-air to the audience, or the radio stations they are broadcast on, they’d be in violation of the law. The station could lose it’s license and the host could be jailed and fined.
Politico published an article in December called, “Talk Radio Rallies Around Ted Cruz” highlighting Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and Erick Erickson, amongst others as hosts defending Cruz and bashing Donald Trump (to Cruz’s benefit).
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The views of the Host are not necessarily those of this station. Did you ever hear that before? Those shows are commentary, not news.
“Or are they being paid big money to sway the election in Cruz’s favor?”
Which one is always saying “Follow the money”?
same thing happened with Romney in 2012...
but just like back then, you cant get away with putting a silk snout on a pig...
I quit listening to the talk shows. Could not stand the bias.
Hi Rush!!
Hi Mark!!
Britebart appears to be pro-Trump
I did search, nothing came up.
Now Rush claims they cut Cruz’s mike at the dinner. He has no proof. I’ve seen video where the people were milling around as Cruz spoke, but Rush claims it’s all a conspiracy against Cruz. He evidently went on and on about this supposed conspiracy.
I was listening on the Internet to the speeches. I thought it sounded like people weren’t paying attention to Kasich either.
What utter nonsense people post on this forum. In fact, Breitbart is called Trumpbart by many because he is in the bag, as is Drudge. I have a suggestion: How about Cruz and Trump have a one on one debate, like Kennedy and Nixon did, and settle it. And for all of the Trump supporters assertions that he has debated too much, I disagree. He has not debated at all, but has participated in tag team contests with 16 others. All of this other nonsense is just stupidity, on both sides. Knock it off. Stay on the issues and quit being manipulated. Othewise, relegate your gossip to Facebook, like ISIS does.
I gave up on Rush but why would the GOPe gala people cut Rafael’s mike? They support him.
Maybe he’s just boring and abrasive.
Don’t know if Levin is being paid directly, but he must be getting some form of compensation for his faux angst at Trump and the obvious shilling for Cruz.
So much so, that Levin is dangerously close to being tagged as a Cruzlim.
How many times today is this crap going to be posted? Same as yesterday like 20? Not one scintilla of proof this is happening but it keeps getting posted over and over for days. Does any reasonable person think if this story were true the FEC, FCC, and Justice department wouldn’t be all over these talk shows? This administration would like nothing better than to discredit these talk show hosts. I’m really getting sick of the Free Republic being the propagator of this crap.
P.S. Where is the evidence of the “Cruz affairs”? It’s been a month now and still no real evidence, but some here spent 2 weeks propagating that Rodger Stone myth. Give it a rest.
Brietbarts own people said they have knowledge and have confirmation that trump paid brietbart for positive coverage......
They debated 11 times, Trump won, but Rafael twirls better, I’ll give him that.
Check yourself about being manipulated.
$400,000 worth of his four year old books were purchased. He got lots of money from that.
Those weren’t debates, they were freaking clown shows. With the winner being determined by who could insult the most, talk over the others loudest, and mug for the cameras best.
Ah, the new meme from the desperate.
Ted cut his own throat. No debate is going to change the fact that Ted is just another insider lawyer on the make and now people know it.
He'll stick both feet in his mouth master debating himself soon enough.
Then you can propose Ted debate Ted to settle it.
Overplayed association by analogy.
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