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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat percentage of big campaign spending goes to the M$M ?
...this would include MSNBC and FOX along with all the other major networks?
They have a vested interest in getting those billions of dollars in campaign expenditures. They want a horse race. They want to talk about polls. They want to tell personal stories about all the candidates with money. They want as many ads on their network as they can get. It is about their bottom line.
It is not about serving or informing the American people. They could less about the issues. They are a big part of the problem.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)A billion dollars per party, all spent on ads. The mind boggles.
Know what else makes my mind boggle? That there are people who can be swayed by a 30-second campaign commercial.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)report on this vital topic?
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)mother earth
(6,002 posts)support...what a surprise.
valerief
(53,235 posts)officials, mayors. Money goes to ensure votes are bought, from dumping ballots to flipping electronic votes to fucking with servers. Also to local pastors for illegal endorsements.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)political corruption by the very same newly unleashed CU money.
The fact Sanders is running is going to be a real problem for them, bless Bernie's soul.
Stuart G
(38,421 posts)k and r...nt
hunter
(38,311 posts)Our political system is owned, our mass media is owned, and maybe a third or more of our population doesn't see that, and a dangerous percentage more feel powerless and think they can't do anything about it, not even bothering to vote.