Political blogs exempt from campaign finance laws

Cory Bergman September 6th, 2007

This is good news for bloggers. The U.S. Federal Election Commission has ruled that political blogs like Markos Moulitsas’ DailyKos are exempt from campaign finance laws that put a cap on how much money they can receive as contributions. Here’s the key quote from the FEC: “While the complaint asserts that DailyKos advocates for the election of Democrats for federal office, the Commission has repeatedly stated that an entity that would otherwise qualify for the media exemption does not lose its eligibility because it features news or commentary lacking objectivity or expressly advocates in its editorials the election or defeat of a federal candidate.” BetaNews summarizes this in one line: “the presence of bias does not indicate the absence of media.” Interesting, huh? (Via PaidContent)