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Commentary: Supreme Court ruling may help spur the buying of American politicians

By Bill Buzenberg and Josh Israel

January 21, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today opens a floodgate — making the buying of elections even easier. In the Citizens United v. Federal Elec

Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

August 30, 2000

In his January 1998 State of the Union address, after decrying the campaign-fund-raising "arms race," Preside

Excerpts from this story referencing "Federal Communications Commission":

"… lem—the high cost of campaign commercials.“I will formally request the Federal Communications Commission act to provide free or reduced-cost television time for candidates,” the …"

"… to help us in this effort to strengthen our democracy.”Within 24 hours, Federal Communications Commission chairman William Kennard announced that the FCC would develop new rules go …"

"… ngressional backlash (”[T]he likes of which would not be pleasant to the Federal Communications Commission under any circumstances,” was the way Livingston described it), caused t …"