Elections Complaint Against Fox News

Reported:

The Democratic Governors Association has filed an elections complaint in Ohio alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds during a television appearance.

In documents filed Thursday, the association says Fox allowed John Kasich to request contributions from viewers during an Aug. 18 broadcast and displayed the address of his campaign website.

The complaint alleges the free publicity is an improper in-kind contribution to Kasich’s campaign.

On the surface, the complaint seems to be more of an act of harassment than the identification of a serious problem. People seeking contributions while displaying website addresses on television are frequent occurrences which often don't even involve politics.