Free Speech for Candidates

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For the second year in a row Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold is introducing a bill to require T-V and radio stations to give free air time to political candidates . Broadcasters oppose it,but campaign reform advocates say this year it has a better chance of passage because of the recent public debate over media consolidation. Gil Halsted reports.

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