Court hears arguments over anti-Hillary movie

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

I believe they blocked it because the advertising on TV and radio would violate the McCain/Fiengold bill on equal access time.

What? Obama got much more time than McCain. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act had nothing to do with equal time at all. Where did you get that?
The Bill was about soft money and corporate or "nonprofit" ads trying to skirt that issue.

as of July 19, 2008:

Since the general election in early June - network newscasts
Obama 114 minutes,
McCain's 48 minutes.
total for the year,
Obama 389 minutes
McCain 203 minutes
according to Andrew Tyndall

That is for the newscasts, I remember seeing info on how much more time Obama bought than McCain, but I cannot find it and I'm tired.

Originally Posted by sugarpop

The guy (who made the movie) admitted in an interview last night on MSNBC that he made the movie and tried to release it during an election year specifically to take it to the Supreme Court and get a ruling. Personally, I think it probably is a violation of free speech, but I do see the conflict as well.

I must have missed that as well as the news outlets - got a link?
Fahrenheit 9/11 was released on June 23, 2004.
"W" was released on October 17, 2008.
Both were election years.