How to bribe the media

[conscious evolution]

It is real easy.
All you have to do is buy millions and millions of dollars worth of advertising time.

Does anyone really think the media is gonna be truthfully critical of anyone providing such a revenue stream?

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. 'Course not. Google "Bloomberg"+"reelect"+"2009".

>>>>Does anyone really think the media is gonna be truthfully critical of anyone providing such a revenue stream?>>>>>

[conscious evolution]

2. Let me guess

He took campaign contributions to buy ads for himself in the media companies he owned?
Nice little gravy train he has going.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Nothing "little" about it. Used to be the pols sold the gov't .....

piece by piece to the wealthy and connected.

Now the wealthy just own it outright.

Along with the media.

Nope. Nothing wrong with this situation at all.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Another thought on the same topic:

I wonder if anyone's studied a possible correlation between the gradual diminution of political news on electronic media and the rise in campaign money spent on electronic media advertising.

There's no local political coverage at all on broadcast stations here ( NYC). Don't know about cables. But commercial ( paid for) political coverage is off the charts. In the old days there was significant local political coverage on TV/Radio.

It seems reasonable to posit that the two are related.