Could Blogs Get Tangled in Web of Ethics Rules?

That's because state elections law says that anyone who spends more than $25 a year to advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate - without that candidate's knowledge or control - must register with the state as an independent committee and disclose the sources of the money spent and how it was expended.

Should bloggers be regarded as a part of the news media, exempt from such rules, or should they be seen as partisan actors in a campaign who must register? Few bloggers draw the line where Berg did.

Posted by James Zellmer at January 30, 2006 10:00 PM | Subscribe to this site via RSS:
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