I was surprised to find a "news" link on yahoo was actually not news but an article paid for by the Democratic National Committee. It was a derogatory claim about a Republican. At the bottom it says, "Paid for and authorized by the Democratic National Committee."
Isn't there some election laws that prevent this? For instance let's say Fox News carried an advertisement from the RNC as a news story... I don't think I've ever seen that before so I suspect there must be a law against it. I certaintly haven't seen it on Yahoo or Google before. Anyone know anything about this stuff?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070126/pl_usnw/dnc__mccain_s__recipe_for_disaster___contradicting_himself_again_on_iraq
2007-01-26 09:55:13 · 8 answers · asked by Raylene G. 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Be sure an note this is not a "report" but an actually paid "advertisement" (for lack of a better word). Look down at the very bottom and see what it says.
2007-01-26 10:06:02 · update #1
this is a Public Relations News report. duh,,,,,,
spin news,
not that it is any different from any other news report.
both the republicans and democrats do the same thing, so there will never be a law against 'spin control' hopefully you don't believe that politicians will not use spin to skew the truth in their favor. Prime example, i remember Bush citing the FACT that Saddam has WMD's and is going to use them as a clinching factor to go to war, then later stating that WMD's were NOT a factor in going to war.
Q#1 : Yes it is legal, look at the 'news' agencies name.
Q#2: There are laws that regulate the third parties (non-candidates) political advertisements, hence the disclosure of the funding organization. And sure you have seen it on Fox News. It is a paid political advertisement.
Q#3: Yes i know about this stuff, as does every person that is even slightly aware of politics. Unfortunately, most people pick a side, ignore their sides transgressions and point out the other sides transgressions. Sad state of affairs really, so much for an informed voter.
2007-01-26 10:20:41 · answer #1 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably it would be more ethical not to list it under news, or at least make it clear next to the link that it is an advertisement. But I don't see how this could be illegal.
Speaking of Fox "News", just about everything on that network is a Republican advertisement or propaganda - they have no news. At least what you saw on Yahoo was paid for my the DNC, an American organization, and they are being honest in saying that it is a paid advertisement. Everything on Fox "News" is paid for by Rupert Murdoch, an Australian, and they don't say that their stories are paid advertisements.
2007-01-28 01:23:49 · answer #2 · answered by Alan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you look at what it was under it was "press release",not news. there are links to all types of things on yahoo. it is your choice to read them or not. much like an op/ed story.
2007-01-26 18:12:12 · answer #3 · answered by b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's legal because it's reporting something that actually happened.
If it had openly endorsed a Democratic candidate and made false claims about John McCain, then that'd be different.
2007-01-26 18:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by LaissezFaire 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's a DNC Press Release. It's perfectly legal. Insane, but legal.
2007-01-26 18:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Typical liberals trying to make the other side look weak while providing no answers themselves.
2007-01-26 18:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
That does seem very odd. I'd have to see the thread that leads to that link.
2007-01-26 18:00:33 · answer #7 · answered by halarious 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you can run anything you want on yahoo, as long as it not violates community standards, whatever they are.
2007-01-27 03:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by thevillageidiotxxxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋