A cancer on the music industry or an American tradition?
In defense of Payola from NYTimes
Expose of Payola from NYTimes
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![](http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/blogs/static/dowbrigade/<br />
payolatory.jpg” width=”303″ height=”293″ align=”left”>THIS<br />
is not a pretty picture," declared Eliot Spitzer,<br />
the New York attorney general, at a press conference on Monday to trumpet<br />
his office’s yearlong investigation into corrupt dealings between big<br />
music companies and broadcasters. "What we see is that payola is<br />
pervasive. It is omnipresent. It is driving the industry and it is wrong." But<br />
the picture might look a little different to Mr. Spitzer were he to pick<br />
up a few history books.</p>
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A cancer on the music industry or an American tradition?