i sat down with gop commissioner lee goodman.disturbed you about the acquisitions against fox news? >> i think it's dangerous. any time someone tries to use the power of the federal government to second guess, regulate and even punish newsroom editorial decisions about what news to cover and how to cover it. and that's the essence of this case. >> do you believe that your democratic colleagues were targeting fox news for perhaps political reasons? >> i don't make that allegation. i think the more profound issue here is that all newsrooms now have to look over their shoulder to engage in editorial decisions about how many candidates they want to cover and what format. >> the fcc operates under a legal press exception that's supposed to protect journalists from government meddling. >> so here we have a statute that tells us we have no regulatory jurisdiction over news and news coverage and yet, the fec persists in trying to regulate and in this case, votes that came close to punishing fox news for engaging in news coverage. this is

>> i've also heard lee goodman talk. let's face it, this is a bigger picture story.ly time they tried to stick their hand in the editorial world is doing. they talked about regulating the internet. they talked about doing things that would regulate campaign ads that are free, not paid for but out there for people to see. they want to get their hand in this and i think it has something to do with the fact conservative media has broken through on the overall control of the media by the left. and now conservatives are getting their say and i think it's making the democrats who are on these boards not just the fec but fcc uncomfortable and they are trying to figure outweighs to regulate it. >> cnn changed debate categories to allow carly fiorina in when she was the 11th candidate. not joining the raft of fec but didn't seem like a compelling reason to cast aside the press exception and say this was a contribution. of course, people should hear from all 17 at that time candidates running for president on the gop. >> you think it would be a benefit for all voters to see mo

>> i also heard lee goodman talk.ried to stick their hand in to the editorial world.this have tried to stick their hand in to the editorial world. they have talked about regulating the campaign ads that are free. so they want to get their hand in this and i think it has to do with the fact that conservative media has broken through on the overall control of the media by the left. and now conservatives are getting their say and i think it's making the democrats on these boards not just the fe krmt, but the fcc, as well, makes them uncomfortable. the >> and cnn also changed their debate format allowing carly fiorina. but i'm with you on the press exemption. it doesn't seem like there was a compelling reason to cast aside that press exemption and say this was some kind of contribution. of course people should hear from all 17 the at that time candidates running for president. >> you would think it would be a benefit for all voters to be able to see more of the candidates instead of shutting out seven additional candidate

republican commissioner lee goodman. >> here we have a statute that tells us we have no regulatory jurisdiction over news and news coverage. and yet the fec persists in trying to regulate and in this case, there were votes that came close to punishing fox news for engaging in news coverage. >> reporter: the democratic commissioner voted that fox violated the law but the case should be dropped. >> i voted to dismiss the complaint. i did not vote to punish fox news. >> reporter: in 1980, the fec did pressure a newspaper into dropping its debate sponsorship, prompting this moment. >> i am paying for this microphone. >> reporter: the question is, whether it will have a chilling effect on news organizations staging future news debates. >>> relief is on the way for puerto rico. president obama signed a bill to help the u.s. territory, calling it a step in the right direction, though not perfect. the rescue package will oversee puerto rico's finances and debt restructuring. puerto rico is $70 billion in debt, with nearly $2 billion in payments due friday. >>> the fight for gun control and against it i