Ravenwood - 02/17/05 07:00 AM
KdT expresses his rage over Sen. John McCain's plan to be the national program director. McCain, a Republican, is proposing legislation that will compel broadcasters to give more airtime to local politicians running for office.
The Senator thinks that local politics isn't covered enough so he's going to use the police power of the government to force broadcasters to toe the line.
Kim points out:
Lest we forget, McCain once sponsored a measure which would have coerced TV stations into donating ad time to election advertisements, on the basis that this would "only" affect about 1% of profits.So, according to Senator Asswipe: Theft is okay, as long as it involves stealing just a little amount.
His repeal of the 1st Amendment (Campaign Finance "Reform") didn't give the government enough control over us, I guess.
Am I a bad person for wishing that John McCain would just freakin' die?
Posted by: roger at February 17, 2005 7:10 AMWhat would Senator McVain do about TV stations in major metro areas, such as San Francisco or NYC, where the broadcasts cover dozens of cities, several counties, and, at least in the case of NYC, mutliple states?
You could devote the 5pm news to nothing but local city council, county board of supervisors, mayoral races, plus local bond measures, etc, for a week and still not cover everything.
You run into the same problem you get with covering local high school sports on TV in such areas: there's simply too much to cover. That's why we have local newspapers, and even cable access TV.
Posted by: Heartless Libertarian at February 17, 2005 2:38 PMNo Roger, you are not a bad person, you are a patroit.
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