The following was posted (in our local newspaper) as a comment about the recent Supreme Court decision:
"The Supreme Court had to do this. It was and is the only way to save NBC so it can come up with the ad dollar revenue to not go broke from the Conan/Jay tonight show fiasco and the incredible overpriced bid they are now forced to pay to air the Olympics live and finalize the Comcast merger. This lifting of corporate and union spending on TV ads is necessary to save "free" TV as well as NBC. If this did not happen, NBC was going to be forced to run 12 to 14 hours a day of Sham WOW and Pocket Fisherman commercials, both companies that Roberts, Scalito, Thomas, Kennedy, and Alito have filed numerous consumer complaints with unsuccessfully. They have decided the best way to fight back was to allow unregulated corporate/union backed political ads to compete for Sham WOW and Pocket Fisherman ad space to get back at them, that is the behind the scenes story on this landmark decision. Watch TMZ tonight."
a response to a letter to the editor 1/31/10
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100131/OPINION/100139942/1028&ParentProfile=1025---
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