before the network news acquired such dominance over public opinion, he said, there is an -- walter litman spoke to the issue and said there is an essential and radical difference between television and printing. the three or four competing television stations control virtually all that can be received over the air. besides the mass circulation dailies, there are weeklies, monthlies, out-of-town newspapers, and books. if a man does not like his newspaper, he can read another from out of town. it is not ideal, but it is better than the situation and television. if the man does not like what the networks are showing, all he can do is turn them off and listen to a photograph. networks have a virtual monopoly of a whole medium of can indication. -- of communication. the newspapers have no monopoly on the medium of print. a virtual monopoly of a whole medium of communication is not something democratic people should ignore. we are not going to cut off our television sets and listen to the phonograph just because the airways belong to the networks. they don't. they belong to the people. [applaus