Ok to Bash Mr. Bush; Not Ok to Bash Mrs. Clinton
Hat Tip: Evan Coyne Maloney
My friend Evan Coyne Maloney personally interviewed Michael Moore a few years back and asked him if his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which slammed President Bush, should be considered a campaign ad and therefore subject to campaign finance rules. Of course Michael Moore said no, “that his film should be treated like an op-ed in the paper.”
“But now that there’s a new film about Hillary Clinton, all of a sudden, campaign finance laws do apply to political perspective films…”