You just have to wonder what the FCC is thinking. This media-consolidation bill is
probably going to go through. It's really hard to believe it. Despite
97% of public comment being against the proposal (in a volume that has shut down the FCCs internet and phone message services,
nationwide street protests, and
opposition from every organization from the NRA to NARAL, the 3 Republicans on the 5-man board are all expected to vote for the measure. They've been fighting dirty from the beginning, trying to prevent any public comment at all. See the above articles. I'm really at a loss as to what they're doing. I almost have to beleive the conspiracy threories, as in the BusinessWeek article above or this
interview with a former FCC commissioner. There are a lot of people who stand to gain a lot of money and a lot of power if they can control the nation's media. Those people already have a lot of money and power to work with. It's not that far-fetched that they could have taken control of the agency tasked to monitor them. I'm very worried. Who's going to break the next Watergate when Nixon owns the Washington Post?
posted by Mr. Ripzaw at 6:48 PM
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