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Sunday, August 10, 2003
An aspect of the celebrity-packed California gubernatorial recall election that I hadn't heretofore considered:
"Though you may see much more on Arnold and Gary Coleman in the coming weeks, you won't see their movies or TV shows on network television. The FCC prohibits us from airing their shows without giving their opponents equal time." -- Story from KESQ, Palm Springs CA
Or, as a Yahoo! News story put it:
"The Federal Communications Commission has advised California broadcast TV stations of the standing equal-time rules that say you can't show, say, Conan the Barbarian during election season without also running two-hours' worth of, say, "Diff'rent Strokes" reruns to satisfy candidate Gary Coleman or Melon Crazy to keep sledge-happy gubernatorial wannabe Gallagher from smashing something. The rule doesn't apply to cable networks, however, likely leaving TNT's weekly screening of Commando safe for now."
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