"Sid Schweiger" wrote in message
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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), the popular populist, filed a bill that
would force Clear Channel to break apart some of its businesses.

The Senator ought to look up the meaning of "bill of attainder"...and then
withdraw his bill as unconstitutional.

Broadcasting does not fall under those provisions. In truth, were the U-S Congress
to decide to nationalise broadcasting, there's nothing that licensees could do. This
is how the FCC succeeded in splitting TV-radio-newspaper combos in the 70s. And it
wouldn't be difficult to craft legislation that identifies a class in which Clear
Channel is the only member. This was done recently in the other direction, when
citizenship requirements to own a U-S broadcast license was changed, but oddly enough
only Rupert Murdoch met the description of the class in the legislation.
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