From: Vipul Ved Prakash <vipul@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 08:09:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Spamming
Message-ID: <199605140416.EAA00577@fountainhead.net>
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>  The advertizers in printed & broadcast media exercise a great deal of control
>  over the content. E.g., a magazine that gets revenues from tobacco ads isn't
>  likely to run a story about tobacco companies trying to addict kids. That's
>  why you see more anti-tobacco content in broadcast media (who can't run
>  tobacco ads) than in printed media. (And there are cross-ownership
>  restrictions.)
 
This can be true to certain extent. But if the mag doesn't maintain 
objectivity, it will kill itself slowly. Same is true of broadcast media.

Vipul