Rand Paul has unveiled a new ad featuring Sarah Palin's endorsement of his campaign for the GOP nomination in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race.
Here's a pair of screenshots from the ad.
There's a chance you might recognize the screenshot of Palin speaking: it's from her February 7, 2010 appearance on Fox News Sunday.
Ordinarily, the inclusion of a clip from cable channel in a campaign ad would be unremarkable, but just last month, Fox demanded the DNC pull an ad from YouTube that included Fox footage. The DNC asserted that it was exercising its fair use rights to no avail; Fox stood by its demand, and YouTube pulled the clip.
Meanwhile, there are several clips from Fox on the RNC channel (example 1, 2, and 3). There's nothing wrong with that, but if Fox is going to allow the RNC and Rand Paul to use its video in their political campaigns, shouldn't they also let the DNC do the same?