Re: Local Political Coverage

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

Dan writes:
> I'm with Rob on this one.  I also think that there could be a good
First
> Amendment case made that requiring a station to carry a candidates
ads
> infringes on the station's free speech rights.

I'm not sure where free speech of the station is inhibited.  There's
nothing stopping the station from editorially endorsing a particular
candidate, embracing a side of an issue or loading up the caller lines
in such a way that supports that lean.  Just because a station must
carry a spot, it doesn't necessarily need to be a good sport about it.

Bill O'Neill