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Executive Summary Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to revive his free airtime bill for the 108th Congress. The proposed law forces broadcasters to cover political campaigns and to subsidize advertising for candidates. Normally such legal restraints on editorial discretion would run up against First Amendment protections for the media. Advocates of "free" airtime argue that the courts have long recognized that similar regulations on the media may pass constitutional scrut

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