I found one reason why I want fred 'old spice man' thompson to run for prez

[rpannier]

NBC announced they won't show anymore re-runs with Thompson in them after Sep 1 if he announces his candidacy.

Sadly, TNT will not follow suit.

[napi21]

1. Hmmm, that's interesting. I remember that same issue when Reagan ran.

Of ourse back then, there wasn't all these cable channels. I have to believe there's some law somewhere forbidding them to run those older shows or the major networks wouldn't be pulling them either! We'll see what happens.

[MNDemNY]

2. FCC does not regulate cable.

[rpannier]

3. Sometimes I think the only thing the FCC does regulate

are breasts and foul language.

[MNDemNY]

4. Quite so.

[napi21]

6. There's also some debate about equal time. I heard that on CNN yesterday.

That also was part of the discussion when Reagan ran. Airing his old movies was seen as FREE ADVERTISING!

[deadmessengers]

5. Equal Time

It happened with Jesse Jackson, as well - apparently, he appeared (as himself) on an episode of some TV show back in the late 70s. A TV station in NY got in trouble for airing a rerun of the episode back in 84, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination.