The citizenry was never given the opportunity to approve or disapprove...
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- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media whole source · open book
The citizenry was never given the opportunity to approve or disapprove the wholesale transfer of broadcasting rights to commercial interests back in 1934,25 and the pledge made by those interests, and subsequently by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) itself, that public service offerings would never be buried in favor of the entertainment preferred by advertisers, was never fulfilled.26 The public is not sovereign over the media—the owners and managers, seeking ads, decide what is to be offered, and the public must choose among these.
chapter: Introduction to the 2002 Edition