NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on CBS' announcment of plans to offer free television time to the presidential candidates just before the November elections. NBC and ABC reportedly are discussing the idea. Fox and PBS earlier announced plans to give air time to major presidential candidates. A coalition of media bigwigs led by former Washington Post political reporter Paul Taylor has been pushing the networks to provide the access as a way to help reinvigorate the democratic process.
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