The father of a Virginia journalist fatally shot during a live broadcast in 2015 has conceded that he failed to make the ballot in the Democratic nomination contest for the 5th Congressional District.

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Andy Parker has thrown his hat into the ring and announced his bid for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The family of a slain journalist is asking the Federal Trade Commission to take action against Facebook for failing to remove online footage of her shooting death.

Andy Parker, the father of TV journalist Alison Parker who was killed live on television, talks at the National Press Club about a complaint filed with the FTC against Facebook for allowing his daughters' death to be reposted on the network.

WASHINGTON - For the past four years, Andy Parker has asked Google to remove the video of his daughter Alison's murder from its site, yet it's still there. On Tuesday night, Parker testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee focused on Google and censorship through search engines. Parker argued a company as big as Google has a duty to make sure its content is based on facts. He argued the rules in place right now give Google no incentive to find the difference. Andy Parker begins speaking at about 1:56:00 in the hearing video.