tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4321717756792233561..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: AdBusters Trashed by Canadian BroadcastersThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-77084168575987001462008-03-05T00:34:00.000-08:002008-03-05T00:34:00.000-08:00Thanks LB. Fair enough, but is there a line and w...Thanks LB. Fair enough, but is there a line and where is it to be drawn? The airwaves are public property. We put them up for bidding to private broadcasters for finite terms, require applicants to make "promises of performance" as to what they'll do with them (news coverage, community access, etc.), and rescind them when they cross unacceptable lines.. or at least so the story goes. So, how does that square with letting them shut out social activism?<BR/>Appreciate your thoughts.<BR/>MosThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87525603483579433032008-03-05T00:14:00.000-08:002008-03-05T00:14:00.000-08:00You got the point across, I was just commenting on...You got the point across, I was just commenting on a particular thing. Anyway, I agree with the judge, the private broadcasters have a right to air whatever they want, and forcing them to air a particular commercial from another private group would be much more negative that the private broadcasters denying adbusters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71359335101044098032008-03-04T23:11:00.000-08:002008-03-04T23:11:00.000-08:00Thanks Bag but I thought the obvious focus of the ...Thanks Bag but I thought the obvious focus of the piece was about broadcasters with exclusive access to public airwaves denying inconvenient sources the opportunity to purchase their advertising airtime. I failed to get the obvious point across. Sorry.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-32031552395252630882008-03-04T22:56:00.000-08:002008-03-04T22:56:00.000-08:00Buy nothing day actually hurts the minimum wage em...Buy nothing day actually hurts the minimum wage employees of big companies more than the big companies themselves, but don't try to reason with the puritaniancal postmodernists at adbustersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com