gekaap
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How is this any different then selling tickets to see Al Gore? Aren't those tickets considered fund raising monies and aren't they held to campaign finance laws?
A speech by Al Gore or Obama is essentially entertainment. Even if they discuss important topics of current public concern, Gore and Obama are private citizens entertaining guests in their setting.
A candidate debate is a different matter. The candidacy is for elected public office, and the debate presents the views of those candidates. By having the debates, the RNC concedes the importance to the public to be informed about what ends up being discussed. Thus, public interest in news coverage in the debates is implied in their existence. The first amendment rights to freedom of the press apply.
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