KiwiPete » 17 May 2014 11:02 pm » wrote: The problem is they do more than just discuss. The MSM is more often just propaganda serving the interests of their corporate owners. They don't want to give candidates a chance that don't fit their ideology, whether that is 'progressive' or 'conservative'. Good luck finding a mainstream media organization that isn't biased, and in the pay packet of wall street, hollywood, unions, or big oil.
In an election cycle it is illegal to air one candidate without giving the other candidates air time.
47 US Code 315
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/315
You also can not charge one candidate more than the others. The rate card must remain the same.
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