Democrats accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio candidate

[TomCADem]

Source: Boston Herald

OLUMBUS, Ohio — The Democratic Governors Association filed an elections complaint in Ohio on Thursday alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds during a television appearance.

In an escalating battle with Fox’s politically conservative news arm, the DGA alleges that Fox allowed John Kasich to request contributions from viewers during an Aug. 18 broadcast and simultaneously displayed the address of his campaign website in on-screen graphics.

The complaint alleges the free publicity during Fox’s O’Reilly Factor amounted to an improper in-kind contribution to Kasich’s campaign, which exceeded Ohio’s $11,395.56 contribution limit and lacked the proper disclaimer for political advertising. The web address appeared for 90 seconds, the complaint said.

Kasich, a former Fox commentator, later told supporters the event helped him raise $21,000, according to complaint filed with the Ohio Elections Commission. He is seeking to unseat Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in November.

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Remember during the McCain campaign, when Fox News would offer long 24/7 "reviews" of McCain's political ads essentially giving him hours of free air time?

[Grassy Knoll]

1. How many years did it take......

for Hitler to loose power ? Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes are out to destroy
our nation, unfortunately money talks.

[zbdent]

5. you mean the guys who are in bed with

the guy who helped fund the Palestinian terrorists, and owns 7 percent of the Fox empire?

[bherrera]

6. Maybe the best solution is boycott Fox news advertisers

Create a nation-wide movement to boycott those who advertise on Fox News. That should work.

[defendandprotect]

2. Who could possibly be left watching Fox news???

[maxsolomon]

8. you forgot :sarcasm:

the answer is frightened, xenophobic, smug, ignorant, fearful old white people, AKA every one of my Ohio relatives (except my brother).

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Laws are for democrats to abide by...

CONservative outlaws are above the law.

[bulloney]

4. Kasich's already campaigning and making Strickland look like he's regulated Ohio into the ground.

If there are any restrictive taxes and regulations in Ohio, they were enacted or left alone during the 16 years that Republicans Voinovich and Taft were governors before Strickland.

Kasich is also vowing to cut state taxes. What does he plan to cut to balance the budget? He'll never say.

He'll also never tell you what his total compensation was when he worked for Lehman Bros.

[John Kerry VonErich]

7. not surprised

He had his own show with the channel years ago