"Over the past several election cycles, the statement that “I’m John Smith, and I approved this message” has become a ubiquitous part of the political lexicon. If the Media Access Project has its way, however, a whole new series of disclosures will become just as familiar to the American public.
On March 22, the Media Access Project (MAP) filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that seeks to change the regulations for political advertisements – an area traditionally overseen by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). If adopted, the proposal would be an expansion of the FCC’s power to regulate in the political arena, a clear effort to avoid the deadlocked FEC. The FCC regulates communications technologies and, in recent decades, the Internet."
Regulating Political Advertisements: Looking Beyond the FEC
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