Quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Are you saying that government funded news media will give better coverage of the government than independent news media?
|
What is independant? When you are motivated by selling copies of your publication or gaining audience share, its hard to stay independant. Not mention presidential donations.
Quote:
|
Between January 1995 and June 1998, media companies (not including telecoms) gave over $30.9 million to U.S. federal candidates and party committees, reports Sheila Kaplan. And they seem to have gotten their money's worth: "From the government giveaway of up to $70 billion worth of broadcast-spectrum space, to protection of lucrative tobacco ads in newspapers and magazines, to fending off competition for ad dollars from the postal service's foray into direct mail, to dodging free airtime for political candidates, to avoiding taxes on Internet services, the media lobbies have enjoyed enviable success.
|
http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/...cs/front.shtml