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While I agree most news is biased to the left, leftist McPain's solution, as always, involves government intervention.
Oh, he only figuratively waves a stick. I thought it was going to be another classic McInsane moment.
If McCain gets involved, the problem will get worse.
What is McCain running for.... Director of National Censorship.
...McCain argued that the dearth of local political coverage on local TV is a result of the increasing consolidation of the media industry...
So McManiac's answer is to Nationalize it?
McCainiac is a friggin moron
Anothe perspective on this --- first, McCain comes up with some of the worst anti-Constitutional legislation to supress free speech in the media AND IT IS APPROVED BY WASHINGTON. Now, he wants MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL over what the broadcast industry can or does say? IMHO, the broadcast industry (and the Internet) should live or die on their own merits. People will choose their own sources of information as a natural process. The government should stay out of this -- they have already infringed upon Constitutional rights of broadcasting. It should end.
McCain is short-sighted.
He doesn't see the alternative media.
This guy is certifiably NUTZ. The Norman Lear Center? Sheesh, why not base legislation on what's printed in Scappleface or the Onion you jack@SS.
How about starving tax dollars from PBS? Let hear you Mccain. Do some straight talk.
Only TV broadcasters? Is that an auto-exemption for NPR?
McCain should go back to Mother Russia.
The media had no interest in helping us when McCain came after our First Amendment rights. As far as I'm concerned, he can do whatever he wants to those guys. I'll get my info from the Internet. When McCain inevitably comes after the Internet, then I'll war with him again.
What is he talking about? In my area, the two local TV stations provided a great deal of coverage of local elections and issues. McLame is seizing on a false premise or, at least, a broad and inaccurate generalization.
McStain: "I can fix this, like I did campaign finance reform!"
So, the guy is going to "fix" local news just like he "fixed" campaign finance reform? As a result of his meddling, more dirty money was introduced into campaigns then ever before.
"If a local candidate wants to be on TV and can't afford advertising, his only hope is to have a freak accident," McCain said
LOL! The side-arms of "McCain-Feingold" emerge!!! rofl.
Mind you; it's a pdf file: www.nvri.org/press/focusgrouprelease8_1_02.pdf
and here: Minorities and Campaign Finance Reform
The airways are the property of the people of the United States, however our Imperial Federal Government sets the guidelines to suit their own agendas as to what can be on those airways. What a deal.