The Hartford Courant treated its readers to a particularly crafty editorial on April 28, arguing that the Federal Communications Commission should abandon its restrictive rules on media cross ownership because—get this—they violate the right to free speech. Six paragraphs into its missive, the nation’s longest continuously published daily decided to acknowledge its own stake in the upcoming FCC vote. “This newspaper… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesThe fight for the media is already lost. It deosn’t really matter if Big Media ownership percentages are 1, 10, 50 or a 100 percent of a market. What the market wants, the market gets. Murdoch, however nasty or unlikeable he may be (he could be the nicest guy in the world for all I know) is anything but stupid. He has a business to run. Business runs where the money is. The money is where the market wants to spend it. The market, post 11/09/01 (DDMMYY), has swung as far right as it ever has been. Hence, we have smart people, like O’Reilly, Savage and the rest peddling shit that I presume men of their intellectual caliber can’t believe to a gullible public that is screaming for blood, desperate for payback.
The sad fact is that the “media” doesn’t need more marketshare. It has already won. Mockingbird has laid its eggs far and wide, and the chicks have come home to roost. The American public has lost, not just this latest battle, but its capacity for rational thought and independence of mind. This will allow the ruling class to reap hitherto unheard off profits at a rate unheard of until now. The stage has been set for a powerful swing to the right, and we are nearing the arc. The masses have a built in dilemma. We have a modicum of intellect, and even if it is not as intensely geared towards self preservation as that of the ruling class, when the going gets tough the tough get going. We will rise to take back what is ours. Their victory is only temporary. The further they push us back, the stronger the backlash will be. I look forward to the revolution. Even if it won’t be televised.
Posted by notweny on Jun 14, 2003 at 4:07 AM has anyone thought about the fact that we the people own those airwaves. why aren"t we charging fees to the corporations who use them and turn that money towards local public radio stations. then clear channel can own all the damn top 40 stations they want, that just more money in the locals hands.
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