Pass a law that requires anyone who purchases time to air a political attack ad in any broadcast media with limited access, or commercial print media to be required to pay for equal time or print space for a rebuttal to said political attack ad answered by the individual or party the ad attacks. The time or print of the rebuttal must be concurrent with the attack ad.
Why is this important?
Mega money in U.S. politics is drowning out the voices of those who can't afford to compete on the same monetary level, so inevitably the message funded by rich is the only message that gets heard. We're proposing a law that would require anyone who bought time to air a political attack ad in markets with limited access, i.e. TV networks & local stations (cable or broadcast), radio stations, or paid to publish a political ad in a newspaper or magazine, would be required to pay for equal time in the same media for a rebuttal to that political attack ad, answered by the individual or party the ad attacks. This would not be a limit to free speech, this would be a balanced expansion of free speech to allow both sides to be heard.
