What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the political spectrum, sort of left-right terms we used to describe people don't really hold here exactly. Robert McChesney describefindhave Change image and share on social
The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races. Robert McChesney campaigncongressionalcost share on social
Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun. Robert McChesney borrowbuychance Change image and share on social
When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition. Robert McChesney allocatecommunitycompetition Change image and share on social
Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it. Robert McChesney createdirectexist Change image and share on social
So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license. Robert McChesney competitionlicenserun Change image and share on social
The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves. Robert McChesney airwavepennypublic Change image and share on social
When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition. Robert McChesney angeleschicagocompany share on social
If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is to protect the interests of the commercial broadcasters. Robert McChesney associationbroadcastbroadcaster Change image and share on social
Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions. Robert McChesney broadcastinstitutionmaximize share on social
