Clear Channelization of America
So I stole the title from the register, but it explains it all. Here we are on the verge of massive media consolidation. Amazing. And it's Powell's kid that is responsible.
If you don't know what I am talking about, the FCC is about to remove (Monday) the restrictions on number of media outlets owned by a single entity in a particular city.
Let's just hope that at least the internet stays free, open, cheap and easily accessible, though in the long run that's probably a pipe dream.
If you don't know what I am talking about, the FCC is about to remove (Monday) the restrictions on number of media outlets owned by a single entity in a particular city.
Let's just hope that at least the internet stays free, open, cheap and easily accessible, though in the long run that's probably a pipe dream.
Comments
An wholly un-American one...extremist/totalitarian to the left or the right.
Originally posted by sammi jo
We all know what kind of society mandates a fully centralized media, don't we.
An wholly un-American one...extremist/totalitarian to the left or the right.
Yet again talking out of your R's
Since when is owning the media " Un-American " ?
Don't know how you come to that conclusion when you consider News.Corp is owned by Rupert Murdoch...
A US Citizen....?
Strange logic you got there
and the fcc well, don't get me started....
but a few years ago we also thought aol/time warner was going to own one half of the world and vivendi the other half. these things have a way of working themselves out. worms turn.
Originally posted by Scott
yea 'cause you know this whole "internet" thing isn't working out as a news and information source.
I heard they have the internet on computers now, is that true?
Originally posted by Willoughby
I heard they have the internet on computers now, is that true?
"tell me about these COM-PEW-TORS"
(the "real deal" with bill mcneal)
Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar
"tell me about these COM-PEW-TORS"
(the "real deal" with bill mcneal)
I think it's kinda like a typewriter, but with pretty pictures. Could be wrong though....
Originally posted by aquafire
Yet again talking out of your R's
Since when is owning the media " Un-American " ?
Don't know how you come to that conclusion when you consider News.Corp is owned by Rupert Murdoch...
A US Citizen....?
Strange logic you got there
When the media, which uses the public airwaves to broadcast, becomes officially silent on important issues (such as this media ownership vote), it is not acting in the public interest, and it can theoretically have its license snatched.
I don't know if powell will relax ownership rules. He's already said that clear channel is a bad example of what can happen with careless deregulation. However, he has been acting contrary to the the FCC board, who seems to want more public commentary on this issue...
No good can come of this.
Originally posted by groverat
It's a sad day. A very sad day indeed.
No good can come of this.
And funny how the only prime-time commentary I've seen has been on PBS. I wonder if the networks will even bother reporting the rule change, if it indeed happens.
Originally posted by aquafire
Yet again talking out of your R's
Since when is owning the media " Un-American " ?
Don't know how you come to that conclusion when you consider News.Corp is owned by Rupert Murdoch...
A US Citizen....?
Strange logic you got there
So, from that, can I assume that you would go the whole hog and support the notion of one party controlling/ owning the entire media?
Anyway, News Corp and Clear Channel have similar agendas, just controlled by different parties. So do gastro-enteritis and salmonella poisoning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer
and so does Ted Turner!
"yea 'cause you know this whole "internet" thing isn't working out as a news and information source."
Most of the major internet news sites are owned by the same small handful of companies. If you have 10 or less companies owning all the news they can simply collude to not let any smaller player use the news they have collected. It's takes a lot of money to send reporters around to gather news. Salon gets some of its stories from the Associated Press. I don't know exactly what that is or who owns it but what if the megacorporations pay off the AP not to sell their news to anyone else so you have to turn to them for the top stories?
Save Internet Radio, Let it save the Rock n Roll spirit that FM once had, the American spirit of Freedom, Money won't save your soul, but music might help ease the hard times.
Screw Clear Channel!!!
Originally posted by LiquidR
People can hear honesty and passion,it scares them and it draws them, that is why Eminem is one of the only consistent Platinum artists out there, regardless of your opinion of him.
8 Mile is honest? I thought it was an image-polishing job.
8 Mile is honest? I thought it was an image-polishing job.
by Gizzmonic
Haven't seen it. But Hollywood it a totally different animal from the music industry. The spirit of independent movie studios aren't crushed by the big studios. If the IM is truely good then they can find a distributor no matter how avante garde, cutting edge and honest it is. Then the independent film maker most often goes back to making independent films.
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look for this to be a rallying war cry for both parties to show how they will stand up to evil corporate america.