The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
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Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.
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But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.
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The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races.
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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.
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But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.
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