Campaign Watch Groups File Transparency Complaints Against Atlanta TV Stations
Campaign watch groups filed six complaints with the FCC over transparency in political ad funding against two Atlanta TV stations, Campaign Legal Center and Issue One said in a news release. The complaints concern the special election in Georgia’s 6th…
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congressional district, regarded as the most expensive election for the U.S. House in history, Campaign Legal Center said. Meredith’s WPCH-TV Atlanta and Cox Media’s WSB-TV Atlanta allowed political ad buyers Patriot Majority USA, House Majority PAC and the National Republican Congressional Committee to claim on advertising forms that the ads were not about “a political matter of national importance,” the release said. That allowed the funders to avoid disclosing information about the ads, the release said.