Wisconsin Code § 895.052

Defamation by radio and television
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The
owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of
any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable in damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in, or as a
part of, a visual or sound broadcast by a candidate for political office in those instances in which, under the acts of congress or the
rules and regulations of the federal communications commission,
the broadcasting station or network is prohibited from censoring
the script of the broadcast.

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