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I don't want to get into an argument with you over this, it ain't worth it to me. I am trying to understand it (CFR), and I am a little baffled because what I am reading in the bill itself doesn't jive with what I've been reading in FR.

The term ‘electioneering communication does not include:

a communication appearing in a news story,commentary,or editorial dis tributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station,unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party,political committee,or candidate;or..."

Desn't that address the "freedom of the press" part of the 1st.?

I am still working my way through this bill looking for that section that stops me, as an individual, from buying issue ads 60 days before an election.

Desn't that address the "freedom of the press" part of the 1st.?

Sure it does and they should apply that exemption to everybody. We're all equal but now some are more equal than others.

Ask yourself this Luis. Is the corporation that runs the New York Times a 501(c) non profit? Of course not. So if I buy an ad to criticise Lieberman or Dodd within 60 days of an election by wiritng a company check, I go to jail. If the New York Times slimes conservatives every day of that 60 days, no problem because they are more equal than I am.

Of course some day they will target "hateful right wing media" and they will have to adjust the exemption but by then nobody will give a crap.

Peace bro.