The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional…

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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 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...

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...

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...

If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association...

If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Because Hightower's problem, among other things, is that advertisers would be a lot less interested...

Because Hightower's problem, among other things, is that advertisers would be a lot less interested...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...