Clear Channelization of America

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giantgiant
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
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.
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  • Reply 1 of 55
    sammi josammi jo Posts: 4,634member
    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.



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  • Reply 2 of 55
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    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
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  • Reply 3 of 55
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Don't forget Rupert Murdoch. Now Ted Turner looks like a pretty good guy, don't he? I think (hope) that this will go to snot as new media are created in the future, and new players can enter the field again. History has shown something of a cyclic pattern this way, between consolidation and diversification, but each period of diversification has fewer players coming to market.
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  • Reply 4 of 55
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    don't get me wrong i despise programmed radio, don't listen to it, never.

    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.
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  • Reply 5 of 55
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    yea 'cause you know this whole "internet" thing isn't working out as a news and information source.
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  • Reply 6 of 55
    willoughbywilloughby Posts: 1,457member
    Quote:

    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?
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  • Reply 7 of 55
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    Quote:

    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)
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  • Reply 8 of 55
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    Quote:

    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....
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  • Reply 9 of 55
    gizzmonicgizzmonic Posts: 511member
    Quote:

    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...
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  • Reply 10 of 55
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    It's a sad day. A very sad day indeed.



    No good can come of this.
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  • Reply 11 of 55
    toweltowel Posts: 1,479member
    Quote:

    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.
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  • Reply 12 of 55
    sammi josammi jo Posts: 4,634member
    Quote:

    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.
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  • Reply 13 of 55
    gizzmonicgizzmonic Posts: 511member
    http://www.iht.com/articles/97184.html William Safire opposes the deregulation.



    http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer



    and so does Ted Turner!
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  • Reply 14 of 55
    spindlerspindler Posts: 713member
    Scott wrote:



    "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?
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  • Reply 15 of 55
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    No kidding. The Internet isn't free. Who pays for this site?
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  • Reply 16 of 55
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    Screw Clear Channel. Screw the big media outlets. Their whole aim is to screw us out of our hard earned cash with a mediocre product. Any out there old enough to remember when the music on FM was cutting edge, it used to scare the bejesus out of the establishment. That was the spirit of Rock n Roll. NOt this overproduced undertalented drivel that Large media outlets pump out cuz it's safe and it might not push the envelope, but it's a safe bet that it will sell to the sheep. The record companies wonder why their sales are down, it's not the P2P that's doing it. It's the crap that they keep putting out. 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.



    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!!!
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  • Reply 17 of 55
    gizzmonicgizzmonic Posts: 511member
    Quote:

    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.
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  • Reply 18 of 55
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    Quote:

    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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  • Reply 19 of 55
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    your elected representatives have heard your anquished cries and are riding in on white steeds to rectify this situation.

    READ ALL ABOUT IT
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  • Reply 20 of 55
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    i read somewhere that of the first 10,000 e-mails the FCC got regarding this issue, 6 were in favor of deregulation.



    look for this to be a rallying war cry for both parties to show how they will stand up to evil corporate america.
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