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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I believe it is. We operate in a modern world in which we are bombarded by media. The average person, the average…”

On the recordMay 23, 2012
I believe it is. We operate in a modern world in which we are bombarded by media. The average person, the average, ordinary member of ``the people,'' does not have much access to that media, cannot get his or her voice much heard in that bombardment. But if someone has enormous amounts of money, either because they are a corporation with a vast treasury or because they are a billionaire, they can take a big chunk of that media and can use it to broadcast their view. That will drown out other voices that do not have that power. So it really does attack the basic premise of ``we the people.''
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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May 23, 2012

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