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Equal Time Act

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A quick definition of Equal Time Act:

The Equal Time Act is a law that says if a radio or TV station lets one person running for office talk on their station, they have to let all the other people running for that same office talk on their station too. This makes sure that everyone running for office has a fair chance to talk to people on the radio or TV.

A more thorough explanation:

The Equal Time Act is a federal law that requires broadcasting-facility licensees to provide equal opportunities to all legally qualified candidates for public office who use their facility for broadcasting. This means that if a candidate is given airtime, all other candidates for the same office must also be given the same amount of airtime.

During an election season, a local radio station invites a candidate for mayor to appear on a talk show. The candidate is given 30 minutes to discuss their platform and answer questions from the host and listeners. The Equal Time Act requires that the radio station must also offer 30 minutes of airtime to all other legally qualified candidates for mayor.

Another example could be a television station that invites a candidate for governor to participate in a debate. The Equal Time Act requires that the station must also invite all other legally qualified candidates for governor to participate in the same debate.

These examples illustrate how the Equal Time Act ensures that all candidates for public office have an equal opportunity to communicate their message to the public through broadcasting facilities.

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babycat
19:43
We sharing Goodreads on here?
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
jurassic park unironically good
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
crime and punishment top 1
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
im okay with being called basic for that one
2big2fail
19:44
im gatekeeping my current book
Dkk
19:44
@2big2fail: looks like an Aristotle wannabe.
2big2fail
19:44
whatever. im just reading the financial times
1a2b3c4d26z
19:44
ft goated
concorde
19:45
I hate Dostoevsky
2big2fail
19:45
studying cloud computing, not the cloud of unknowing
babycat
19:45
@1a2b3c4d26z: serotonin is my fave houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
chefs kiss mwah
2big2fail
19:45
i honestly dont understand why people like houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
I'll try to describe how I feel about him
2big2fail
19:46
my favorite french authors are balzac and proust, as basic as that is
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
basically I read his book and the whole time I read it I liked it so I finished it and I said hm I liked that book written by the author houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
balzac hahaha
2big2fail
19:46
lost illusions is goated
does it take longer to hear back if u applied to scholarships for schools like ucla???
Dkk
19:47
For Houellebecq I have only read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomised
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
you guys should read averroes
also do we think ucla wont do a wave tmw cuz they did a tiny one tonight, can schools do 2 days ina. row
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
perhaps read the incoherence of philosophy first and then read averroes’ response: “the incoherence of the incoherence”
2big2fail
19:47
@Dkk: i read that one. just thought it was boring and not really in touch with reality
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
SPLITTY usually they’re Friday!
Dkk
19:48
@2big2fail: I agree.
HUH then what the heck is this wave tonight ab are they tryna give us an attack???
babycat
19:49
@texaslawhopefully: don’t really remember it but my ibooks library says i read it in 2020. that whole year is a haze.
Dkk
19:51
My favorite book though, The Good Morty: https://archive.org/details/TheGoodMorty
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