Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.

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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....

If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very...

If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very...

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...

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...

But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.

But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is...

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is...

Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some...

Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some...

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...

When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco...

When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco...

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...

One survey that I saw that was published I think in Variety or Electronic Media...

One survey that I saw that was published I think in Variety or Electronic Media...

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...

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has...

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has...

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.

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...