A half-dozen public interest groups that advocated for the Federal Communications Commission's new rule to move TV station political files online, petitioned the court to defend the regulation in the case brought in May by the National Association of Broadcasters.
The motion to intervene was filed Wednesday by Free Press and five other organizations in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
The Free Press, Benton Foundation, Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center, New America Foundation and the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ played a big part in pushing the FCC to adopt the rule and feel they have a lot of skin in the game to make sure it's not overturned.
"Access to the political records contained in broadcaster public files will enable candidates, as well as the public, journalists, educators and the research community, to identify and investigate those sponsoring political advertisement," the...
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