FTC cracking down on blogger payola

[ironman]

famousringo said:

ironman said:

famousringo said:

 

Is it a violation of freedom of speech when political ads are forced to disclose who paid for the ad?

Yes, it is a violation of freedom of speech. I don't believe anybody has the right to tell you that you must tell people who is paying for what you are saying. It is the consumers responsibility to research the data. However, if you are in the public spotlight, you should have the scruples to disclose who is paying you to say what.  

So you must figure that none of these political organizations are challenging this obvious violation of their freedom of speech because they're so morally scrupulous that they don't mind disclosing their funding.

I wish! lol