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Mass Media | Political Candidates Should Not Receive Free Television Airtime
If campaign finance reform is the answer, what is the question? That’s the current debate, and there are those who think they have it all figured out: mandate more free television airtime for candidates.
Conventional wisdom holds that the cost of communicating has risen so dramatically that candidates are forced to raise huge sums of money just to remain competitive. Give politicians more free TV time, costs will drop, and presto! . . . the campaign finance system will be reformed!
As usual, the conventional wisdom is flat wrong. Just ask Dwight Morris, the former...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Internet Pornography Should Be Regulated
- Internet Pornography Should Not Be Regulated
- Libraries Should Not Regulate Internet Access
- Libraries Should Regulate Internet Access
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will Not violate Free Speech
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will violate Free Speech
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- The V-Chip Will Protect Children From Television Violence
- The V-Chip Will Not Protect Children From Television Violence
- Television Ratings Will Protect Children From Violence
- Television Ratings Will Not Protect Children From Violence
- Requiring More Hours Of EducatIonal Television Will Benefit Children
- Requiring More Hours Of Educational Television Will Not Benefit Children
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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