[goldstategop]

Exactamundo. The U.S is the only country that has not seen a dictatorship phase. That's what happens when you take freedom for granted.

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[Paul C. Jesup]

The guy is a true genius, if the socilist media hated the moderate Foxnews Network, they are going to have mental meltdowns from the diehard conservative media outlets that are going to start popping up over the coming year.

[cartoonistx]

One unintended consequence of McCain-Feingold may well be a growth in the number of newspapers, news networks, radio programs, and other media outlets financed by various political interests.

I work as an editorial cartoonist at a medium sized newspaper whose ownership is more concerned with ad rates than editorial content (aren't they all!). But from my position it seems very clear that if someone with an agenda offered the publisher enough money he'd sell the paper to them. This IS the way around the 30/60 day blackout period for powerful political interests. Woe be to the newsman who dares write (or draw) an opinion contrary to the position of the new boss.

Along with speech, freedom of the press will suffer under this ruling. Not by government restriction but by being absorbed into the partisan machinery of ideological buyers.

[backhoe]

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