If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't…

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The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's...

The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's...

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that...

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that...

You know, a left-winger, the barrier to success if you're on the left in commercial...

You know, a left-winger, the barrier to success if you're on the left in commercial...

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in...

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in...

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First,...

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First,...

So that what you tend to see is someone like a Rush Limbaugh, he's the...

So that what you tend to see is someone like a Rush Limbaugh, he's the...

Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because...

Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because...

Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do...

Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do...

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the...

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the...

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years....

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years....

And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they...

And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they...

What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the...

What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the...

Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look...

Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look...

Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest...

Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest...

So it's a much more difficult issue to organize around, because you can't get media...

So it's a much more difficult issue to organize around, because you can't get media...

Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want...

Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want...

So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of...

So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of...

The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.

The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.

The whole process of getting licenses to broadcast, which took place decades ago, was done...

The whole process of getting licenses to broadcast, which took place decades ago, was done...

So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the...

So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the...