Posted on 04/15/2016 10:17:19 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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 nations 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, theyd be in violation of the law. The station could lose its license and the host could be jailed and fined.
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There’s a lot of dots in this story that aren’t connected. I will say I don’t have much interest in listening to Rush or Levin anymore.
Breitbart is pro-Cruz? Didn’t some of the employees say that Trump was paying for pro-Trump stories?
People all across the USA are trying to survive, make enough money, pay for health care, save for retirement, and feed their kids.
Then there all the folks living off the 'system'...who have never had a job nor will ever look for one. We all pay taxes to support these deadbeat, cop hating people.
To top it all off, we have the likes of Krauthammer, Kristol, Goldberg, Rove, Lowry, Loesch, Beck, Limbaugh, Luntz, Fields, Hamm, Kelly.....trying to tell the American people who to elect.
The DC elites live off a different system, higher paying, of course, but still paid for by the middle class.
We have to vote Trump, people. He is our only hope to clean up this mess. There is no way in hades that Cruz will do this. He's already bought and paid for.
Bunk Blog site.
Looks like it was thrown together just to post this bunk.
“We are here to set the record straight, no matter who that favors or who is exposed.” As long as it’s Ted Cruz.
Evidently creating a free website automatically gives bunk like
this credit and authenticity.
https://wordpress.com/?ref=footer_blog
Fake site.
In reading the article, there are supporting documents...I think it should be looked at.
What a load of crap! The nerve of that guy Cruz actually paying money to advertise! Oh the huge manatee! I read a story that someone paid a bunch of hookers to service people that would vote for Trump. If Trump did that it’s illegal, and I hear he could be in a lot of trouble. Since Trump hasn’t denied it, it must be probable.
One more thing...What are the odds a CONSERVATIVE talk show host would like or favor a CONSERVATIVE candidate? It couldn’t be anything else, so it must be the money.
I already saw them, there’s not a smidgen of proof reference the article’s allegations. Not one iota. Go look.
Palooka?
Well I see a lot of payouts to the one Talk-radio consultant...$8 million? What exactly did he do for that money?
That is why I think you idea that Loretta Lynch investigate is a good one...
What did the media company do for 8 million? One employee must have done something special to warrant that kind of moo-la...
I do find it an interesting coincidence that most of The CLearView and Salem Media National Talk Radio is raging against the front runner of the primary.
Also, you state it is a blog no one has ever heard of...Haven’t there been Freepers who have done yo-man’s research on various Clinton and Obama scandals...They don’t h ave established websites...I am not going to hold that against 375 or whatever it was as they did provide some documents...and I think it deserves further research...I suspect if it was Clinton PAC, everyone would be thrilled with the thread.
Follow the money....
It’s not like it’s going to show up on a blog we know, like say... Breitbart.
Trump will bring this to light in the public media and use it to his advantage whether it is true, false or a mix of both.
The strategic question becomes, is it better to let Cruz take away the votes fro Kasich and then crush Cruz in one big swat prior to the convention (that is after you make a deal with Kasich as your VP) or to crush Cruz now and risk Kasich winning eight primaries with Cruz gone?
I really like Kasich as I remember the excellent job he did fiscally when Clinton was president. He could bring Ohio to be a red state in the general election... He not involved in a lot of scandal.... He’s smart and a hard worker.... If I were Trump, I would really do everything within my power to have Kasich as my VP... Besides, Trump doesn’t need Rubio to win Florida, that has already been proven.
The other kill shot to Cruz that I’ve been hearing, besides his harem accusations, is that both of Cruz’s parents were Canadian citizens when he was born and at that time they had to relinquish any other citizenship to become Canadian citizens. If that is true.... we have a Canadian running for U.S. president!!!
This is like the Enquirer Scandal who was behind the story?
Roger Stone and David Pecker Trump friends!!!
There seems to be a fair amount of smoke coming from this dung heap. ;-)
- - - - -true but there is no connection to where the money was actually spent from llc. and you can’t know. it might be ads on those or any radio or tv stations. perfecly legal. and yes ads are revenue to all communication networks networks. nothing really different here than for the last 50-75 years.
So you just put on you gas mask, and ignore the smoke. OK.
Yes, thank you.
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