Re: [Swprograms] Re: Tomlinson coming up

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Actually, I believe that the intent wasn't even as "lofty" as that.  It was the price demanded by commercial broadcasters for not challenging the US government's wartime decision to commandeer the former's shortwave transmitters.  They didn't want the government to compete with them for stateside listeners.

John Figliozzi

----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Brandi <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 5:24 pm
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Re: Tomlinson coming up

> >Have there been any recent attempts to overturn this legislation ? 
> In the
> >internet age it seems to be anachronistic.  As was mentioned over the
> >weekend, at the very least, they should be accountable to the 
> American>people.  Makes it hard to be held accountable when they're 
> protected from
> >having to talk to us.
> 
> I think the idea is to prevent the government from aiming 
> propaganda directly at its own citizens.  If it's anachronistic, 
> that's mainly because government has
 figured out how to aim 
> propaganda indirectly at its own citizens.
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