Practice question
A publisher freely offers space for nonpartisan election information. A critic invokes Philippine Press Institute as banning even genuinely voluntary donations. Which is correct?
- The case makes all donated media space illegal.
- The case distinguishes voluntary provision from forcing publishers to supply free space.
- Every offer automatically becomes compulsory.
- A voluntary newspaper decision is a state taking by definition.
- Only television may ever carry election information.
Legal references
- Philippine Press Institute v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 119694, May 22, 1995, main resolution: https://www.chanrobles.com/scdecisions/jurisprudence1995/may1995/gr_l_11994_1995.php
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