Comment Re:One time experience? (Score 1) 441
Just because a movie about a particular candidate can hurt that candidate does not make it the same as a campaign advertisement.
I agree with you on that. Guess what, that's why there was a court case. The judge decided that the particular tone and content of the movie they made was nothing different than an elongated version of a 30 second television advertisement. If the decision was limited to the interpretation of the law and stated that the judge was wrong based on the content and tone of the movie that would have been fine. The problem I have is the expansion to remove any limitations on corporate spending with politics.
More importantly, how is an editorial endorsement of a candidate different from a campaign advertisement for that same candidate?
In the same way that a blog endorsement is different from a campaign advertisement. A private citizen making a statement (regardless of the platform) is not the same as an advertisement paid for from the general treasury of a corporation.