One side, profits go up, they own more and more, but the diversity, interest, creativity and quality of the programming goes way down.
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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.Robert McChesney
Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.
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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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Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.
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The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.
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The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
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