[King Black Robe]

Citizens and civic groups may have a new tool to use in pressing for more media coverage of judicial elections, adds the Campaign Legal Center. In upholding BCRA's provision that broadcasters keep public files on requests for campaign ad time, the Court noted that this provision could be used to help decide, "whether broadcasters are too heavily favoring entertainment, and discriminating against broadcasts devoted to public affairs."

uh huh...and who decides if the media is offering a "level playing field?" Who regulates the advertising dollars that keep shows on or off the air? Even if you overlook the fact that the media is nothing more than a bunch of corporate conglomerates with special interests of their own, wouldn't a "public affairs" show be subject to the same kind of corruption, distortion and in-kind contributions through advertising dollars that the so-called "sham" ads are subject to?

[The_Eaglet]

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