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Debate & reception

DebateContested

Payola as public debate, not accusation

One side

Airplay fairness as public debate

The other

Individual allegation

What was argued

Payola — paying for airplay — has been argued about in Jamaican music for as long as there has been radio to argue over. The debate is real and recurring, and concerns access, playlist concentration and who decides what a country hears. Individual accusations are a different matter and almost never carry evidence that would survive scrutiny.

The records this concerns