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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
This means that any INDIVIDUAL who can afford it can buy a 30 second or 30 minute spot on tv and talk about what they think.
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The Bill of Rights does not guarantee that an individual will be able to purchase time from a commercial TV station/network.
Be careful not to confuse the government with private industry.
I, as a citizen, can walk up to NBC and say "I have a million dollars, You must sell me airtime so I can vent my opinion"; NBC will simply say "get out of here kid, you bother me". I can waive the Constitution all I want. The NBC executives will waive their "papers of ownership" and laugh at me.