Isn't that "influencing the election" as well? The U.S. needs so many new laws and changes to make its elections more fair (including media regulations during electoral campaigns), I wouldn't even know where to start.
> http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/fec-m...
"Correct the Record: The Clinton-supporting super PAC, Correct the Record, asserts it can coordinate directly with the Clinton campaign as long as it doesn’t run paid advertising. Clinton’s attorneys are relying on a narrow 2006 FEC regulation that declared that content posted online for free, such as blogs written by unpaid volunteers, is off limits from regulation. But Correct the Record is not a volunteer blogging operation. It is a $6 million professional opposition research, surrogate training and messaging operation staffed with paid professional employees and operating out of a high-rise Washington, D.C. office building."
But factcheck.org, for sure.
There's no indication that Clinton gave them money, is there?
>“Barrier Breakers accounts are always identified as Correct the Record,” spokesperson Elizabeth Shappell said.
It is claimed by many that CTR publicly claimed their work was to pay for anonymous comments online. This impression has spread far and wide. There is no such claim or statement by the PAC -- that is clearly false.
This is the rabbit hole that so many statist authoritarians want to descend. That will be really bad for the nation. The framers had it right when they said "Congress shall make no law..."