Mondo Times Media Poll Archive

This poll ran from February 7 to 15, 2007.

Mondo Stars Poll Results

"Too much baloney is passed off as news." True 1530/96% False 65/4%

Votes: 1595

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, speaking on January 13, 2007 at the National Conference for Media Reform. Copps said "Half a trillion dollars. That's a conservative valuation of the airwaves that our country lets TV and radio broadcasters use - for free. Any way you slice it, that's an awful lot of money. In fact, it's just about the biggest chunk of change that our government gives to any private industry.

And what do the American people - who own the public airwaves, by the way - get in return? Too little news, too much baloney passed off as news. Too little quality entertainment, too many people eating bugs on reality TV. Too little local and regional music, too much brain-numbing national play-lists. Too little of America, too much of Wall Street and Madison Avenue. That's what we get for half a trillion dollars. It's one hell of a bad bargain, don't you think?"

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