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As opposed to a media-ocracy? Cannoli Send a noteboard - 17/02/2012 07:33:03 PM
Seriously though, the Dems are the only recipients of corporate campaign donations? Romney and Gingrich are Dems now? :P
I was referring to media attention by way of slanted coverage and favorable editorials. All that money basically goes for advertising, i.e. air time and print space. With corporate campaign contributions cut off, the media will still be free to donate to the Dems, via their dominance of the "news" media and Op-Ed pages and shows in the MSM, the end product for which the corporations donate money for the candidates to purchase. The only corporations with a say in the political process will be AOL-Time-Warner and other media conglomerates. THAT is how ONLY Democrats will receive corporate contributions. They are able to avoid it, because they are not receiving money, but since they are receiving the primary commodity on which campaign funds are spent, for all intents and purposes, they ARE receiving campaign contributions, even under the most airtight finance laws, which hypothetically could block ALL corporate spending.
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As opposed to a media-ocracy? - 17/02/2012 07:33:03 PM 156 Views
Sorry, not buying that. - 19/02/2012 02:56:43 AM 133 Views

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