The Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and Sunlight...
The Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and Sunlight Foundation filed complaints at the FCC against Allbritton station WJLA-TV Washington, D.C., and Gannett-owned KGW-TV Portland, Oregon, on allegations that the stations incorrectly identified front groups as the true sponsors of political…
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advertisements, the filers said Thursday in a news release. One individual paid for the front groups, the groups said. The stations failed to disclose the true source of funding when airing paid political programming, the groups said in separate complaints against each station (http://bit.ly/1r79Y0c) (http://bit.ly/1mlDLw8). They urged the FCC to declare that the stations weren’t in compliance with the FCC rules or Communications Act, they said. The FCC should take other measures, like assessing forfeitures and issuing a public notice “reminding broadcast stations of their obligations,” they said.