How much is an appearance worth?
Him being black I am sure has nothing to do with it
“How much is an appearance worth?”
AH! The *real* question!
Oprah is *entertainment*, NOT news. Therefore, an appearance on her show is FREE airtime that should either
a) count as a campaign contribution or
b) have an equal amount of airtime given to each opposing candidate who requests it
If it is a campaign contribution, then it is clearly a direct contribution to the campaign - not a PAC. That means that LIMITS APPLY. How much does a single show of Oprah earn? (A whole messload.) The contribution should be calculated in apportion to the time alloted. (messload/airtime = contribution amount)
Hollywood has been getting away with this kind of hard donation to political candidates forever. What the average person fails to realize is that...
HOLLYWOOD *IS* BIG BUSINESS
More Hollywood elites live the gilded lifestyle than oil or pharmaceutical executives. Strangely though, we never hear about BIG HOLLYWOOD’S influence over politics. And we ALL know that a single Hollywood star can have one hundred times the influence of a “Big Oil” executive. (Be Affleck is voting for John Kerry - are you, young impressional college student?)