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.
The whole process of getting licenses to broadcast, which took place decades ago, was done behind closed doors by powerful lobbies, and wealthy comme… - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
The whole process of getting licenses to broadcast, which took place decades ago, was done behind closed doors by powerful lobbies, and wealthy comme…
- Robert Waterman Mcchesney
As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society. - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.
A big part of my book deals with the caliber of journalism. Our journalism in general is deplorable, and on elections in particular it's very ineffec… - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
A big part of my book deals with the caliber of journalism. Our journalism in general is deplorable, and on elections in particular it's very ineffec…
The notion that journalism can regularly produce a product that violates the fundamental interests of media owners and advertisers ... is absurd. - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
The notion that journalism can regularly produce a product that violates the fundamental interests of media owners and advertisers ... is absurd.
If the Internet is worth its salt, it has to help arrest the forces that promote inequality, monopoly, hypercommercialism, corruption, depoliticizati… - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
If the Internet is worth its salt, it has to help arrest the forces that promote inequality, monopoly, hypercommercialism, corruption, depoliticizati…
Very rarely are you going to see the large shareholder or CEO of a corporation march into a newsroom and say, "Cover this story, don't cover that." I… - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
Very rarely are you going to see the large shareholder or CEO of a corporation march into a newsroom and say, "Cover this story, don't cover that." I…
The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's also with advertisers, and that's the mos… - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's also with advertisers, and that's the mos…
Now, the one thing that's clear is that we need nonprofit, noncommercial media - not just broadcasting - more than ever in the United States. We don'… - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
Now, the one thing that's clear is that we need nonprofit, noncommercial media - not just broadcasting - more than ever in the United States. We don'…
The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters. - Robert Waterman Mcchesney
The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
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