{"data":{"id":"us/11-cfr-100.73","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"11 CFR 100.73","heading":"News story, commentary, or editorial by the media.","body":"Any cost incurred in covering or carrying a news story, commentary, or editorial by any broadcasting station (including a cable television operator, programmer or producer), website, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, including any Internet or electronic publication, is not a contribution unless the facility is owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate, in which case the costs for a news story:\n(a) That represents a bona fide news account communicated in a publication of general circulation or on a licensed broadcasting facility; and\n(b) That is part of a general pattern of campaign-related news accounts that give reasonably equal coverage to all opposing candidates in the circulation or listening area, is not a contribution.","path":["Title 11—Federal Elections","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 100—SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (52 U.S.C. 30101)","Subpart C—Exceptions to Contributions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-11.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:13Z","sha256":"f67df766d87cc0503b280d69bcef1333ecf2f9cd361d5c85fe1629f574a3277a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/11-cfr-100.72","next":"us/11-cfr-100.74"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}