I hear you! This bill needs a lot more defining of its terms, including "blogger."
Zack did say its intent is to target paid content that advocates on behalf of an organization via a piece directed to or about a political figure in the Executive or Legislature. Yet, again, I hear you re where this could go...
I hear you! This bill needs a lot more defining of its terms, including "blogger."
Zack did say its intent is to target paid content that advocates on behalf of an organization via a piece directed to or about a political figure in the Executive or Legislature. Yet, again, I hear you re where this could go...
I think I will follow up via email to ask if Senator Brodeur experienced an instance of being attacked (or praised) by an organization via written content. If the organization solicited the content, paid someone to do it, and then paid that person anonymously, that could be seen as a form of lobbying without the current laws about lobbying applying to that person. This bill would change that.
Right now, it leaves alone you and me ripping new ones on the Governor or anyone else via Comments sections or our own newsletters. The slippery slope is that that could change...
I hear you! This bill needs a lot more defining of its terms, including "blogger."
Zack did say its intent is to target paid content that advocates on behalf of an organization via a piece directed to or about a political figure in the Executive or Legislature. Yet, again, I hear you re where this could go...
I think I will follow up via email to ask if Senator Brodeur experienced an instance of being attacked (or praised) by an organization via written content. If the organization solicited the content, paid someone to do it, and then paid that person anonymously, that could be seen as a form of lobbying without the current laws about lobbying applying to that person. This bill would change that.
Right now, it leaves alone you and me ripping new ones on the Governor or anyone else via Comments sections or our own newsletters. The slippery slope is that that could change...
Good points.