[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR100.73]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 100_SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C_Exceptions to Contributions
 
Sec.  100.73  News story, commentary, or editorial by the media.

    Any cost incurred in covering or carrying a news story, commentary, 
or editorial by any broadcasting station (including a cable television 
operator, programmer or producer), newspaper, magazine, or other 
periodical publication is not a contribution unless the facility is 
owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or 
candidate, in which case the costs for a news story:
    (a) That represents a bona fide news account communicated in a 
publication of general circulation or on a licensed broadcasting 
facility; and
    (b) That is part of a general pattern of campaign-related news 
accounts that give reasonably equal coverage to all opposing candidates 
in the circulation or listening area, is not a contribution.