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NYC_SKP

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3. IMO, ads should either be publicly funded and equally aired, or banned altogether.

Reply to Bjorn Against (Reply #2)

Wed May 6, 2015, 10:16 PM

May 2015

Citizens United said, basically, that money=free speech.

If that's the case then we're sunk.

I say that cable needs to be regulated more like the public airwaves, managed in the public interest.

There must be a way to reign this crap in.

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In this post-Citizens United world debates are essential to the survival of our democracy [View all] Bjorn Against May 2015 OP

K/R. Some say that six are plenty. I say bullshit. We need three times that number. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1

Thanks, I don't think many people consider just how important debates are Bjorn Against May 2015 #2

IMO, ads should either be publicly funded and equally aired, or banned altogether. NYC_SKP May 2015 #3