Originally Posted by
BossEyed
What specific and effective "something" should we all be doing?
First step, emulate the yanks where if you want a broadcast license or significant media ownership the law says you must be a citizen. That would send Murdoch packing to whatever nation he has now sworn allegiance to this week. And stop billionaire Ruskie oligarchs control of our press and airwaves.
Second step: political campaign finance reform, where political donations can not be sent directly to the party or candidate but to a 3rd party ombudsman who logs receipt then publishes online the donors name, address , amount given, recipient and running totals of any prior donations, prior to forwarding the funds to the intended recipient.
Step Three: lobbyist registration and public meetings, any trade , industry or idealogical lobbyist/interest group requesting a meeting with an elected individual or government department head must make the meeting request publicly and submit a proposed agenda and all lobbyists meeting must be minuted and published online with 48 hours.
That'll do for a start 👍