It's clear that there is a highly corrupt relationship between some journalists and those in positions of power, ... This indictment shows the corrupt nature of the press system and its linkage to power.
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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.Robert McChesney
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.
Robert McChesney
The majority of this money goes to pay commercial broadcasters to run these ads, these TV spots, which are now the whole basis of campaigning.
Robert McChesney
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.
Robert McChesney
So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license.
Robert McChesney
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