Practice question
A radio commentator simultaneously serves as an official on a party’s campaign staff and uses his own program time to favor that party. He says that no advertisement purchase occurred, so Section 6.6 cannot restrict that use. Which answer is best?
- The subsection expressly bars the specified media practitioner from using time or space to favor a candidate or party
- Only paid advertisements can ever be covered
- Campaign staff membership is always irrelevant
- Every broadcast becomes a private letter
- The practitioner may waive every election-law condition
Legal references
- RA 9006: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9006_2001.html Sections 3.1–3.3, 4.1, 6.3, 6.5–6.6 and 10.
- Guevarra v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 276682, February 10, 2025, main opinion, media-practitioner classes: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_276682_2025.html
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