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ing #6.5 million loss in revenue at the University.
The Oregon University System as a whole will face a
nearly #27 million budget gap if the measure fails,
but the tuition surcharge would reduce the cuts to
only #13.6 million.
The OSA estimates the surcharge would also re
sult in a 1.1 percent loss in enrollment at the
University.
ASUO President Rachel Pilliod said Measure 28 is
different than past measures in that students may
be more interested in the outcome.
"We really want to let the
students know how the
measure will affect them"
Adam Petkun
ASUO state affairs coordinator
The measure “will have an impact on students ei
ther way — whether it passes or fails,” she said. “Stu
dents will feel a little more personally, perhaps, than
some of the other ballot measures.”
Contact the senior news reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
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Radio
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the public interest, even if conserva
tive, pro-industry voices generated
more advertising revenue than their
liberal counterparts. The Fairness
Doctrine was repealed in 1987.
Roger Aronoff, media analyst for
the anti-liberal watchdog group Ac
curacy in Media, said one possible
reason for the domination of talk ra
dio by controversial conservative
hosts is they offer a more entertain
ing message.
"Whoever has the
money to acquire
numerous stations can
get the same
programs broadcast
simultaneously and that
risks the brainwashing
of the vast masses "
George Beres
community activist
“Maybe the conservatives have
more material and a better sense of
humor,” Aronoff said.
He added that talk radio slants to
the right because it is the only out
let for conservatives when the tra
ditional media distribute unbal
anced information.
But Eugene community radio ac
tivist George Beres said the claim
that mass media are liberally-biased
is a “red herring.” He added while
some journalists ascribe to a personal
liberal philosophy, he doesn’t think it
taints their news coverage.
He compared conservative talk ra
dio to campaign advertising in politics,
which he said are both motivated by
big money and have the capability to
influence listeners. Beres said the
trend toward consolidation of mass
media ownership is alarming because
it limits the diversity of viewpoints
presented by news sources.
“Whoever has the money to ac
quire numerous stations can get the
same programs broadcast simultane
ously and that risks the brainwashing
of the vast masses,” Beres said.
He added that the Fairness Doc
trine’s 1987 repeal was caused by the
Reagan administration’s deregulation
of the FGG, and gave corporations
new freedom in acquiring multiple
media outlets. Beres said the de
creasing number of media owners is
depriving the public of access to dif
fering points of view.
Aronoff disagreed.
“I think the marketplace is big
enough that no one can make the
claim ‘Hey, I can’t get my message
out,”’ Aronoff said.
Beres said the conservative slant
in talk radio is the symptom of a larg
er problem: the dominance of big
money in broadcasting. He added
that the FGG was once able to pro
tect against the consolidation of me
dia ownership and the political bias
in talk radio. Beres said the influence
of corporate philosophy on the me
dia has been expanding unchecked,
allowing for the current domination
of talk radio by adversarial, right
leaning radio hosts.
“We need to focus on the terrible
problem of the FGG being a shadow
of its former self, and the result being
the growth of attack radio across the
country,” Beres said.
Contact the reporter
atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
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