Feds stop crazed man from brandishing dead babies on TV

Bob in Jersey

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Feb 4, 2012, 5:36:21 PM2/4/12

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Politico: Randall Terry thought he had WMAQ (NBC O&O Chicago) dead to
rights, under 'reasonable access' provisions for candidates, to put
his gory anti-abortion message somewhere within the Super Bowl 46
programming, but the FCC's Media Bureau found that a one-time event
such as the NFL final doesn't afford such opportunity... meanwhile,
Terry doesn't meet the 'candidate' definition used by the commish...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72430.html

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Tom Wolper

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Feb 4, 2012, 5:47:15 PM2/4/12

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Randall Terry is not a crazed man. He's a zealous anti-choice activist
and he's always looking to push the envelope. What it looks like is
that he thought he could exploit a loophole in TV advertising policy
by getting his name on a ballot and claiming political speech. The FCC
saw through it and denied him.

Wesley McGee

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Feb 4, 2012, 11:47:10 PM2/4/12

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Awww, someone remembered my subject line from last year!

http://goo.gl/0AkYf

Well, since the stunt worked last year (well, 2010), he thought he could pull it again this year on a larger stage. In fact, when I "reported" on it last year, I noted that his ultimate goal was to get his ad on during the Super Bowl.

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