{"id":9047,"date":"2014-07-17T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/watchdogs-file-fcc-complaints-against-stations-that-failed-to-properly-id-political-ad-sponsors\/"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:45:00","slug":"ang-mga-watchdog-ay-nagsampa-ng-mga-reklamo-sa-fcc-laban-sa-mga-istasyon-na-nabigong-matukoy-nang-maayos-ang-mga-sponsor-ng-political-ad","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press\/watchdogs-file-fcc-complaints-against-stations-that-failed-to-properly-id-political-ad-sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Naghain ang Mga Watchdog ng Mga Reklamo sa FCC Laban sa Mga Istasyon na Nabigong I-ID ang mga Sponsor ng Pampulitikang Ad"},"template":"","class_list":["post-9047","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and the Sunlight Foundation filed complaints at the Federal Communications Commission against two television stations that incorrectly identified front groups as the &ldquo;true sponsors&rdquo; of political advertisements, when they were in fact paid for by one individual.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8577}"],"related_issues":[134,136,137,2065,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p>Ngayon, ang Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause at ang Sunlight Foundation ay nagsampa ng mga reklamo sa Federal Communications Commission laban sa dalawang istasyon ng telebisyon na maling tinukoy ang mga front group bilang ang &quot;tunay na mga sponsor&quot; ng mga pampulitikang advertisement, kung saan sila ay binayaran sa katunayan ng isang indibidwal.  Ang mga nagrereklamo ay kinakatawan ng Institute for Public Representation ng Georgetown University Law Center.<\/p><p>Sa reklamo laban sa WJLA, ang ABC affiliate na pag-aari ng Allbritton sa Washington DC, binanggit ng mga grupo ang dalawang ad na ipinalabas noong Setyembre at Oktubre 2013 na hindi natukoy nang maayos ang environmentalist at dating hedge fund manager na si Tom Steyer bilang tunay na sponsor.  Sa halip, ang mga ad ay iniugnay sa &quot;NextGen Climate Action Committee.&quot;  Noong panahong iyon, ang NextGen ay isang super PAC na itinatag at pinondohan lamang ni Steyer.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Nagsampa din ng reklamo ang mga grupo laban sa KGW sa Portland, OR. Noong Mayo 2014, nagpatakbo ang KGW ng maraming ad na umaatake sa kandidato sa Senado na si Monica Wehby at sumusuporta kay Jason Conger.  Sa FCC filings, ang sponsor sa likod ng mga ad ay kinilala bilang ang &quot;American Principles Fund,&quot; ngunit, bilang mga detalye ng reklamo, ang hedge fund manager na si Sean Fieler ang tunay na sponsor.  Si Fieler ang nagtatag ng American Principles Fund at natanggap ng super PAC ang halos lahat ng pondo nito mula sa kanya.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Ang Communications Act at ang sponsorship identification rules ng FCC ay nag-aatas sa mga broadcaster na higit pa sa pagbibigay ng pangalan sa entity na nagbayad para sa isang ad. Sa kasong ito, ang parehong super PAC ay gumaganap bilang personal na mga sandata ng advertising para sa mga indibidwal na nasa likod nila, at nabigo ang mga istasyon na ganap at patas na ipaalam sa publiko kung sino ang nagtatangkang impluwensyahan sila.  Sa ilalim ng Communications Act, ang mga broadcaster ay kinakailangang &quot;magsagawa ng makatwirang pagsisikap&quot; upang makuha ang impormasyong kailangan para sa wastong pagkakakilanlan ng sponsorship.&nbsp;<\/p><p>&quot;Ang publiko ay may karapatang malaman kung sino ang sumusubok na bilhin ang kanilang impluwensya sa pamamagitan ng mga pampulitikang ad,&quot; sabi <strong>Sean Vitka,<\/strong>&nbsp;Tagapamahala ng pederal na patakaran ng Sunlight Foundation.  \u201cKapag nakatago ang mga pampulitikang adyenda sa likod ng mga tila hindi nakapipinsalang mga super PAC, legal na responsibilidad ng mga broadcasters na tiyakin na ang publiko ay may wastong kaalaman.  Ang mga panuntunan sa pagsisiwalat ng FCC ay isa sa mga tanging paraan upang subaybayan ang ganitong uri ng aktibidad, at ang tanging paraan upang subaybayan ang paggastos sa pampulitikang ad sa real time.  Umaasa kami na ipatupad ng FCC ang mga patakaran nito.&quot;<\/p><p>&quot;Masyadong masaya ang mga istasyon na i-cash ang mga tseke para sa mga ad na ito ngunit hindi maaabala na aktwal na sumunod sa batas na nag-aatas sa kanila na isapubliko ang mga nagpopondo sa likod ng mga ad na iyon,&quot; sabi <strong>Meredith McGehee<\/strong>, direktor ng patakaran ng Campaign Legal Center.  \u201cKarapat-dapat na malaman ng mga manonood kung sino ang nagpapautang sa walang katapusang mga ad na naglalayong maimpluwensyahan ang resulta ng halalan at iniaatas ito ng batas.  Sa magkasunod na kaso, ang Korte Suprema ng US ay naninindigan sa mga batas sa pagsisiwalat at kinikilala ang nakakahimok na interes ng publiko sa mga botante na alam ang pinagmulan ng pera sa likod ng mga ad na naglalayong impluwensyahan ang kanilang mga boto.&quot;&nbsp;<\/p><p>\"Dark Money groups have polluted the airwaves the law for far too long. &nbsp;Transparency is essential,&rdquo; said <strong>Todd O'Boyle<\/strong>, program director for media and democracy at Common Cause. &nbsp;\"It's high time for the Commission to do its job and make political ad disclosure a reality.\"<\/p><p>Ang WJLA ay kasalukuyang pag-aari ng Allbritton Communications Company.  Isinasaalang-alang ng FCC ang isang aplikasyon para sa pagbebenta ng istasyon sa Sinclair Broadcast Group, ngunit ang reklamo ay nakadirekta sa Allbritton.<\/p><p>Ang KGW ay lisensyado sa Sander Media, LLC.<\/p><p>Upang tingnan ang reklamo laban sa WJLA, <a href=\"http:\/\/instituteforpublicrepresentation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WJLA-Complaint-Final.pdf\">i-click dito<\/a>.<\/p><p>Upang tingnan ang reklamo laban sa KGW, <a href=\"http:\/\/instituteforpublicrepresentation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/KGW-Complaint-Final.pdf\">i-click dito<\/a>.<\/p><p>###<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watchdogs File FCC Complaints Against Stations That Failed to Properly ID Political Ad Sponsors - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press-releases\/ang-mga-watchdog-ay-nagsampa-ng-mga-reklamo-sa-fcc-laban-sa-mga-istasyon-na-nabigong-matukoy-nang-maayos-ang-mga-sponsor-ng-political-ad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watchdogs File FCC Complaints Against Stations That Failed to Properly ID Political Ad Sponsors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/pindutin\/ang-mga-watchdog-ay-nagsampa-ng-mga-reklamo-sa-fcc-laban-sa-mga-istasyon-na-nabigong-matukoy-nang-maayos-ang-mga-sponsor-ng-political-ad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/watchdogs-file-fcc-complaints-against-stations-that-failed-to-properly-id-political-ad-sponsors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/watchdogs-file-fcc-complaints-against-stations-that-failed-to-properly-id-political-ad-sponsors\/\",\"name\":\"Watchdogs File FCC Complaints Against Stations That Failed to Properly ID Political Ad Sponsors - 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