#ma

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

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

If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#antagonize #area #fairly #good #good terms

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

Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#exactly #him #mark #needs #picking

So it's a much more difficult issue to organize around, because you can't get media at all to make your case. And that's where cases tend to be made politically. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#because #case #cases #difficult #get

So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#behalf #consent #direct #direct result #government

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

#doing #institutions #maximize #maximizing #mean