“The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.”
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But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.
The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's also with advertisers, and that's the most relationship in radio in fact it pays the bills.
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.
In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done.