Fox News did not air a second of the speeches from alienated GOP leaders and former Trump officials who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris at this week’s Democratic National Convention.

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No. The Equal Time Rule is about stations providing equal airtime access to candidates.

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Equal airtime for all candidates or just democrats and Republicans?

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Mostly the latter, as the two capitalist parties jealously guard their duopoly.

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Would you agree that it doesn’t break the letter of the law but it skirts the spirit of the law? Like, if they aired the RNC in its entirity but selectively skipped parts of the DNC…

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The spirit of the law doesn’t mean anything. The law itself barely even means anything given how it’s enforced. I’m not exactly seeing equal access for third party candidates. This is just the ruling class negotiating via the two parties.

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Oof, I guess if I’m gonna split hairs, I gotta go all-in. A third party candidates even recognized as candidates by the FCC?

Good God, how fucked is this country?

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Sure, that is their MO though

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