Those debates are being financed by firms like Anheuser-Busch. America's top politicians and news executives might resent that sort of intervention. With some winks and nods from high media places, the U.S. government has been good at demanding that other nations do as we say, not as we do. During the last few weeks, the political intervention in Yugoslavia could hardly be more flagrant. In the interests of decreasing the tilt of the media playing field in the USA, we should ponder how to generate a comparable influx of aid for our independent media outlets.
Computers are often in short supply.
Broadcasting equipment is much needed. And suitcases of cash would always be appreciated. Media conglomerates are apt to post enormous profits while small outlets struggle to survive. In effect, for the most part, our society's censorship comes not from governmental hostility but from financial pressure. For some candidates in Yugoslavia, the largess from abroad has also been generous, the Times explained.