On the recordMarch 16, 1999
I have seen broadcasters step forward with free time and say right near an election, ``we are going to give you 5 minutes completely unrestricted and you can say whatever you want.'' Now, that is a very I think commendable effort on their part. And there is another proposal they have come up with, this idea of banking credits for television time and involving the political process and the electoral process in that. When I spent 5 weeks in England during one of their elections, all of it was on television. The entire public was engaged. And it was not on in 30-second ads. It was on real debates, where men and women were discussing the direction of the country, they were discussing what are their values and what direction do they want to move in. And it was a very stimulating debate.
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