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Right on!
Paul's staff said they are beginning to plan a rally that will take place at the same time the 90-minute debate will air on television. It will be taped at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown.
No we do not have a free market in news. We used to, yes. But, not anymore
First the printing press, then radio, then tv, now this. Information (news) is the most free it has ever been, by far.
just made front page!
I'm talking about the MSM being controlled by just a few companies now, Bob.
You are talking about delivery mechanisms. I am talking about who controls the delivery mechanisms. Television, specifically.
We need a Free-market in news and we sorta have one, overall.
overall
DUGG - hopefully this ends that "it's not fully confirmed" nonsense. FIRE!
U.S. Broadcasting Regulatory Rule
It is the closest thing in broadcast content regulation to the "golden rule." The equal time, or more accurately, the equal opportunity provision of the Communications Act requires radio and television stations and cable systems which originate their own programming to treat legally qualified political candidates equally when it comes to selling or giving away air time. Simply put, a station which sells or gives one minute to Candidate A must sell or give the same amount of time with the same audience potential to all other candidates for the particular office. However, a candidate who can not afford time does not receive free time unless his or her opponent is also given free time. Thus, even with the equal time law, a well funded campaign has a significant advantage in terms of broadcast exposure for the candidate.
So what, it's going to be taped? It can be put up on Google video, but what about all those people in New Hampshire and elsewhere who don't have high speed internet access. This is not a good substitute. We need to get MSM coverage of this event. Nothing less.
We could have a simultaneous answer session for Ron to answer all the questions, aired on a public access cable station, and televised live streaming over the Internet.