There is no real answer [to the U.S. economic crisis] but to remove brick by brick the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles.

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

Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.

The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.

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.

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.

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