FOX lawyer admits affilliate station undercharged GOP for ads!

Pab Sungenis

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Wed Oct-29-03 10:41 PM
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FOX lawyer admits affilliate station undercharged GOP for ads!

From PoliticsNJ.com:

"An attorney for the Fox TV affiliate in Philadelphia says that Democratic claims that the GOP underpaid for TV ads is legitimate and that commercials aired on behalf of State Sen. George Geist but paid for by the Republican State Committee should have been at a higher rate. Last Friday, Democratic lawyers said the Republicans also paid the wrong rate for ads on New York network TV."

See the actual letter here: http://www.politicsnj.com/fox102703.htm

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CarlBallard

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Wed Oct-29-03 10:49 PM
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1. Well they are failr and balanced (n/t)

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MichDem10

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Wed Oct-29-03 10:49 PM
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2. That's Fox for you...

That's Fox for you...

"Fair and Balanced"... NOT!

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Girlfriday

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Wed Oct-29-03 10:52 PM
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3. Welcome to DU MichDem

:hi:

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MichDem10

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Wed Oct-29-03 11:11 PM
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4. Thank you!

I am pleased to be here!

:kick: No to Bush 2004 :nuke:

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yellowcanine

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Wed Oct-29-03 11:41 PM
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5. So Fox contributed to the GOP?

Aren't corporate contributions to political parties illegal?

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The Backlash Cometh

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Thu Oct-30-03 08:47 AM
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6. Republicans do this kind of garbage all the time.

I'm glad to see it being outed.

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Frodo

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Thu Oct-30-03 09:22 AM
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7. Isn't there a difference between FOX and FoxNews?

Who owns Fox?

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grannylib

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Thu Oct-30-03 12:01 PM
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9. I believe it's Rupert Murdoch...

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DemDogs

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Thu Oct-30-03 11:30 AM
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8. This is really outrageous

And I hope they string up the GOP AND Fox on this. How did this happen? Did they collude?

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Pab Sungenis

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Thu Oct-30-03 08:01 PM
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10. I don't know....

But it could be that someone in the sales department or management "looked the other way" when the orders came through. It wouldn't surprise me.

There should be heavy fines all around on this.

And just to make it clear: WTXF is not a Fox affiliate, it is a Fox OWNED AND OPERATED (O&O) station. So is WNYW in New York, which apparently may have been doing the same thing.

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Lefty48197

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Thu Oct-30-03 08:28 PM
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11. Is this a legal campaign contribution?

Or will someone feel the wrath of Ashcroft's new "maximum penalties" program?

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