This story from the Raleigh News & Observer contains all of the above. Don Beason, once one of the state’s most powerful lobbyists, is the subject of an investigation into whether he directed clients to underreport their payments to him, according to an investigator’s affidavit. In the four-page sworn statement filed in Wake County Superior […]
Day: April 28, 2009
Media Exemption and the Times
This morning’s article, “Cheney for President” in the Times is the latest example of express advocacy in a newspaper. Thanks to the media exemption (and the fact that Mr. Cheney is not a candidate, of course), does the Times escape regulation?