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Equal time on national television, by law. Like they do in France for example.
by Biganon 2y ago
Equal time on national television, by law. Like they do in France for example.
- thrance 2y agoHonestly it doesn't work that well. Far-rights channels will push left-wing candidates to graveyard slots, or put them against 3 trained "interviewers", etc. Maybe it's still better than in the US? It's far from perfect.
- Mordisquitos 2y agoIn Spain at least, radio and TV time slots for political ads are assigned by the Electoral Commission in a session which can be attended by representatives of each candidacy.
- addaon 2y agoSo replace oligopoly with gerontocracy? Who consumes national television?
- Mordisquitos 2y agoThen enforce equal slots per online platform and forbid targeting by demographic cohort.
- mh- 2y agoI'm genuinely curious how this works. What constitutes a platform? Is TikTok a platform? Reddit? HN?
- anigbrowl 2y agoWhy don't you make a proposal for what you think is the best approach?
- unclad5968 2y agoFortunately our government can't force private entities to sponsor specific political candidates, due to our constitutional right to freedom of speech.
- unclad5968 2y agoAs in state sponsored television? No one is watching CSPAN to learn anything about candidates.