Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want to be a credible candidate, you've got to buy ads. And if you're not buying ads, you're not a credible candidate, we don't cover you.

If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is to protect the interests of the commercial broadcasters.

In the last two years we've seen a sea change in the United States on media issues. Two years ago, people would have read this, then opened the window on the ledge of the 18th floor and jumped. They would have said, "Okay, it's over, there's nothing I can do, it's just getting worse." But in the last two years, what we've seen is that millions of Americans have gotten aware of the issue, they've organized on it, they've risen up, and we're seeing the beginnings of a burgeoning media reform movement across this country.

In the United States, both the upper levels of the Republican and Democratic Parties are in the pay of the corporate media and communication giants.

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.

The range of debate between the dominant U.S. [political] parties tends to closely resemble the range of debate within the business class.

And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they have to pay for the airwaves they use, for their services.