[BC] Newton Minnow

[Barry Mishkind]

At 07:21 AM 12/25/05, seaberg1 at juno.com wrote
>VAST WASTELAND as quoted by former FCC commissioner
>like some 30 years ago seems to still be appropriate today.

         ... Newton Minnow actually wrote
         a letter to one of the news magazines
         a couple of years ago, and noted that
         broadcasters have consistently failed
         to do any meaningful public service
         at election time - the US being one
         of only three nations that allowed
         paid political ads.......