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But if you limit spending by too much you give the media additional power over elections.
by tocomment 13y ago
But if you limit spending by too much you give the media additional power over elections.
- jpadkins 13y agoCouldn't agree more. There is a reason corps like GE and Comcast buy up media companies, and it's not for direct profits. It's to sway public opinion.
- triplesec 13y agoGood point ... and which is why the BBC exists, and why Italian politics (all big media owned by Berlusconi) is generally worse than other Western democracies in transparency. Germany, France, Scandinavian countries all have state broadcasters which at least attempt some kind of balance, even if with a hegemonic (incumbent) slant. And the private sector still has a health left wing media, which is more cultural.