Correct, mythago. Because of course those businesses will never call up their friends who own the media outlet and suggest that advertising revenues will suffer if their business suffers. Never. Heaven forbid.
I think it goes something like this:
Businesses are over-regulated. They need relief from regulations. After all, if they really screw up someone will sue them and fear of those lawsuits will keep them on the straight and narrow.
Businesses are being sued too much. We need to protect them from these frivolous lawsuits. Obviously the only way to do that is to make certain that no lawsuit, no matter how justified, can possibly penalize the corporation enough to make good money from the lawsuit (It's mere coincidence that this insures no punishment that a large corporation would find meaningful. Honest!!).
People who believe in tort reform see no contradiction or problem in putting the two together.
There should be a song sung to the tune of YMCA but I just don't have time to write it...
D-e-e MCA! You ought to fear the D-e-e MCA!
Here's a Lee Judge cartoon from the KC Star I saw this morning that I think some will find entertaining.
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