Joint Zais-Chellis Media Buy NOT an Ethics Violation

The Garnet Spy made an accusation, and since comments are now closed on the post, I’m publishing my comment here.

Yesterday I asked the Zais campaign about the joint Chellis-Zais ad buy. Zais, Chellis, Jeff Duncan, and Henry McMaster all employ the same media consultant. The media company buys blocks of airtime and then divides that up between its clients (in this case Zais, Chellis, and Duncan I believe). It is not illegal to do this, and everyone gets a better rate in the process.

This isn’t about any candidate. This is simply a matter of business. No law was broken, and one should not assume associations between any candidates because of this.