FEC Extends Press Exemption to Blogs

By Suzanne Nelson
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 21, 2005, 12 a.m.

The Federal Election Commission gave Web loggers an early holiday gift last week when it issued a unanimous advisory opinion extending the so-called press exemption to people who disseminate news and commentary on the Internet.

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