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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Apr 30, 2023, 06:35 PM Apr 2023

"RFK, Jr. is mentally unstable and an uninformed boob who repeatedly makes false claims." [View all]

It's not a federal crime to edit a TV interview with a candidate.

RFK, Jr. is mentally unstable and an uninformed boob who repeatedly makes false claims.

47 USC 315 makes it illegal for TV networks to censor Presidential candidates but Thursday, ABC showed its contempt for the law, democracy, and its audience by cutting most of the content of my interview with host Linsey Davis leaving only cherry-picked snippets and a defamatory… Show more

47 USC 315’s censorship prohibition applies only when candidates “use a broadcasting station”. The law explicitly exempts newscasts & news interviews, which are allowed to censor.
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47…



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