Super Pacs and Mainstream Media
It was last Thursday or Friday Rush Limbaugh said that Mainstream Media (MSM) has always been a Super Pac. This was an eye-opener for me! He went on to say Super Pacs are not new, they have always been around and used almost exclusively by our MSM. Of courses the name Super Pac was not used in those days.
This information suggest to me the 2010 landmark decision of Citizens United Vs. FEC only leveled the political playing field and I note the decision was rendered by a Republican dominated U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to 2010, MSM was the hidden donor promoting a favored candidate and his agenda. A less favored candidate would be demonized and possibly destroyed due to a lack of resources. And with no meaningful access to a megaphone as big and as powerful as that of MSM, the defenseless opponent was like the preverbal snowball in hell, so to speak. He simply did not have a chance.
As things now stand and with the passage of ‘Citizens United’ chugging along full throttle, whomever the political media darling is can now be effectively challenged by the Super Pac of his opponent. There is, however, an irony in this situation: the Super Pac has to pay large sums of money before it can use the big and powerful megaphones of MSM.
I can not help but wonder how different our political scene would be if Howard Dean and John Kerry had Super Pacs back in the day. (Sigh) There is an old saying, “You can’t win’em all!”
As always,
BB
P.S. I further note MSM had un-limited funds wherein private donors had limitations and other restrictions on their funds.
This information suggest to me the 2010 landmark decision of Citizens United Vs. FEC only leveled the political playing field and I note the decision was rendered by a Republican dominated U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to 2010, MSM was the hidden donor promoting a favored candidate and his agenda. A less favored candidate would be demonized and possibly destroyed due to a lack of resources. And with no meaningful access to a megaphone as big and as powerful as that of MSM, the defenseless opponent was like the preverbal snowball in hell, so to speak. He simply did not have a chance.
As things now stand and with the passage of ‘Citizens United’ chugging along full throttle, whomever the political media darling is can now be effectively challenged by the Super Pac of his opponent. There is, however, an irony in this situation: the Super Pac has to pay large sums of money before it can use the big and powerful megaphones of MSM.
I can not help but wonder how different our political scene would be if Howard Dean and John Kerry had Super Pacs back in the day. (Sigh) There is an old saying, “You can’t win’em all!”
As always,
BB
P.S. I further note MSM had un-limited funds wherein private donors had limitations and other restrictions on their funds.
posted by BB at 4:02 AM
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