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A new Supreme Court decision is suffocating local TV stations
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The Cheapest Airtime Is Becoming a Megadonor Subsidy
A Discount Built for Candidates
Federal law gives candidates access to broadcasters’ lowest rates in the final weeks before an election. The stated purpose is straightforward: keep soaring television prices from shutting candidates out of communication with voters. But a succession of federal decisions has begun converting that candidate protection into something much larger—a spending advantage available to party committees, joint fundraising committees and, potentially, super PAC money routed through them.
The numbers from Maine…
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