Hang the DJ !

It seems that payola is alive and well today. The illegal practice of the record industry paying radio stations to play certain songs is usually associated with the 1950s and 60s, but the FCC just negotiated a deal with the radio conglomerates Clear Channel, CBS, Entercom and Citadel that has the corporations paying a total of $12.5 million in fines for payola infractions (though they will, of course, admit no guilt). Further, the 1,653 radio stations that those four companies own will have to offer more time to play music from independent labels.

As usual in our capitalist system, money seeps into every crack and poisons every process. If not the root of all evil, money is what the root uses to pull off its evil machinations.