Robert McChesney

And they've got to be held accountable; our broadcasting system has to be made accountable; and unless it is, it's going to be very hard to change anything else for the better in this country. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#anything #better #broadcasting #change #country

And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they have to pay for the airwaves they use, for their services. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#cell #cell phone #example #for example #operators

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#anti-democratic #become #dependent #force #increasingly

Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest markets too, but TV stations basically are now the primary receivers of campaign spending. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#basically #because #campaign #going #largest

But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#attitude #change #having #media #said

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#campaign finance #campaign finance reform #culture #devastating #finance

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

#broadcasters #broadcasting #commercial #find #history

Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#both #ever #greatest #journalism #like

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

#borrow #buy #chances #could #friends

One survey that I saw that was published I think in Variety or Electronic Media within the last three weeks says that now the average hour of radio in the United States has 18 minutes of commercials. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#commercials #electronic #electronic media #hour #i