"He [a U.S. Senator] knows he's got to buy time
on my radio station, so he's going to lend me an ear.
We're keeping them alive back home and that's why the
newspaper and radio and TV people are more effective lobbyists."
by:
Joseph Costello
owner of 5 radio stations in Louisville, KY
Source:
before a U.S. Congressional Hearing, on how media owners affect U.S. politics. U.S. Congressional Quarterly, August 2, 1980, 2179.
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Thus showing why Murdock should be blocked from the already too extensive media ownership he possesses...
 -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US     
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    sad but true
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Therefore, don't believe everything you read/hear/see from the media. If it isn't news that sells, it is news that has been paid for.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    Archer, said very well
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    I hardly believe anything I read or hear in the media. I just assume I'm being lied to.
     -- Ken, Allyn, WA     
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    With AIPAC's control of our government, should it surprise us that the "goyim" children are shedding their precious blood for the secular State of Israel and international bankers in the Middle East?
     -- JT Ready, Mesa, AZ     
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    About the only media where you can get something close to the truth is the internet and you have to be careful there.
     -- jim k, Austin, Tx     
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