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Take Back the Airwaves
By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. Posted April 11, 2007.
Excerpts from the article:
Our airwaves, the single most important method by which Americans get information about choosing the future president, are being held hostage by corporate broadcasters. …The NAB [National Association of Broadcasters] is one of Washington’s largest and most influential lobbying groups, representing the owners of TV and radio stations. For the tens of millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions they dole out annually, broadcasters get back billions in corporate welfare, in the form of legislation that protects their ability to sell ads over the public airwaves…
Now Durbin is taking another crack at the NAB. He has introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, which would both grant vouchers for broadcast ads and mandate a 20 percent discount beyond the lowest unit cost of ads near primary and election times.
