FCC's Copps Wants More Political Ad Disclosure

Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps wants the FCC to require full disclosure of the companies and political parties behind all those shadowy ads during election season.

Commissioner Copps revealed during a speech that he's been promoting the idea internally. "We the people have a right to know who is bank-rolling these ads beyond some wholly unidentifiable group set up to mask the special interest it really represents," Commissioner Copps said. "If 'Citizens for Spacious Skies and Amber Waves of Grain' is really underwritten by a chemical company that doesn't want to clean up a toxic dump, I think viewers and voters would probably want to know that."