Originally Posted by Tully Mars

I like to see who ever gets elected do something like this but I don't see it happening. It doesn't fit in the "L, H & O" business model. The reason they stay employed is they tell a % of the public what they want to hear. In turn the have a standard audience they can count on which means they sell advertising. If they were to do what you're suggesting they'd lose a ton of their audience and a ton of money. It would be like asking Howard Stern to stop acting like a jackass. Acting like a jackass is where all his incomes comes from.