Came across this today
"In fact," (Walter) Cronkite has pointed out, "of all the major nations worldwide that profess to have democracies, only seven -- just seven -- do not offer free airtime (to all politicians campaigning)", putting the United States on a list with Ecuador, Honduras, Malaysia, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Trinidad and Tobago. Cronkite concludes that "The failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy.""
Sets me thinking ... we are so sure about being the lead for a lot of things but maybe being grouped together with the US of freaking A is list list of 7 nations is not too hot a deal.
Then it sets me thinking on another angle. What if there is no airtime for anybody and the politicans would actually have to be doing work and not just seen to be doing. That'll probably put us in the list of ONE nation not giving time of the day to ANY politician. That'll be nice... they have to work for a living.
Signing of ....
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