Did they forget that Musk has made the same interview offer to Harris?

[jon-nyc]

The complaint isn’t one of fairness. It’s accusing Musk of essentially making an illegal campaign contribution.

[jon-nyc]

The remedy, if they have a case, would be for the Trump campaign to pay X for the value of the interview.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Did they forget that Musk has made the same interview offer to Harris?:

The remedy, if they have a case, would be for the Trump campaign to pay X for the value of the interview.

And, of course, the Harris campaign would decide what that value is, right?

ETA: I made my comment without looking at the actual story.

They allege it was a "Virtual campaign event." How many times has Fox broadcast almost an entire Trump rally? I've seen MSNBC linger on a Harris rally for half an hour.

[jon-nyc]

The FEC would.

[George K]

See my edit.

[jon-nyc]

A news station showing a rally is one thing. If you and I purchase a half hour prime time slot to show a campaign event, that’s a campaign contribution well over the maximum allowed.

Where does what Musk did fall on that spectrum? We’ll see.

[taiwan_girl]

I agree with @Jolly

Twitter is one of the new "news" sources. News sources do interviews with political people all the time. Nothing wrong with that. Weather he was easy or not on President Trump does not make a difference.

[George K]

He also owns Twitter. If Harris doesn't like it, let her build....

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Did they forget that Musk has made the same interview offer to Harris?:

The complaint isn’t one of fairness. It’s accusing Musk of essentially making an illegal campaign contribution.

So, when Hannity did an hour interview with Trump or when he did an extensive interview with RFK, (and offered Biden, later Kamala) Rupert Murdoch should be sued?

[Mik]