Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

>In France, at least, if we want we can hear of all parties: on public TV before
>the elections,
Huh! But all that free speech nonsense just isn't the American Way! ;)

>all parties do some political presentations (not real
>advertisements like you see in the US, as in France political advertisements are
>forbidden, but small video spots that all parties can do with a limited amount
>of money -the same for all parties- which is given by the state, while the
>material -cameras, studios- are lent by the public channel) that appear on TV
>before the 8 o'clock news. Nobody really watches them, but at least if they
>want, they can, and all parties are represented there (for the smallest ones,
>they are not represented anywhere else anyway). It's not much, but at least it's
>something.
JM&J, some people are just too sensible.

Padraic.

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>Christophe.
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