NBC’s ObamaVision: GE Uses Network To Push Obama’s Green Agenda — And Rakes In the Dough
What do you call it when the federal government pays a private company some money so that the private company will stump for the federal government’s agenda? Payola. Under the FCC rules and regulations, “When a broadcast licensee has received or been promised payment for the airing of program material, then, at the time of the airing, the station must disclose that fact and identify who paid for or promised to pay for the material.” So what do you call it when the federal government steers money to a major broadcast network so that the major broadcast network will stump...
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