Gore Says Too Much Tube in Politics

US politics 'obsessed' with ads

By Kevin Young Entertainment reporter, BBC News Finding cash to fund TV commercials is "the only thing that matters in American politics now", former US Vice-President Al Gore has said. "The person who has the most money to run the most ads usually wins," he told the Edinburgh TV Festival. It was "astonishing" that the average American devoted nearly five hours a day to TV viewing, he added. And Mr Gore asserted the internet was making TV more accessible and letting people join a "multi-way conversation". He called this an important move because people could find and distribute information, and then watch as it was judged by others in terms of quality.