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As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.

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And they've got to be held accountable; our broadcasting system has to be made accountable; and unless it is, it's going to be very hard to change anything else for the better in this country.

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Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.

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When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition.

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So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent.

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If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is to protect the interests of the commercial broadcasters.

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The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.

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If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them.

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When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.

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So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: Unknown

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