What do you think about Reagan's wet-dream being further carried out? -- Final End

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Date Posted: 00:27:27 06/06/03 Fri
Author: The Serpent
Subject: What do you think about Reagan's wet-dream being further carried out?

We've got Clear Channel, who only has control of, like, nine percent of the media. And it appears that Nashville carries every nine percent of it's talk radio/news. Which, the news, of course, is considered "in-depth team coverage" that only seems to cover what Republican-Democrats want covered.

With the loosening of the FCC regulations on corporate controlled media Clear Channel will be allowed to spread easily, reaching more states and cities. What I heard on C-Span, though, is that reporters who are wanting to do "real" stories are being held back by the corporations who own their station(s). You know, what serves the public is in the company's best interests, obviously.

How many know that NBC is owned by General Electric, which is the nation's leading arms manufacturer?

With companies and corporations being able to spread more rapidly, stories will be omitted, slanted, or spun to suit their own needs. The telecommunications act of, I believe, '98, allowed companies to own about thirty-five percent of the media. The bar will now be raised to forty-five percent.

One of the arguments to why this might be a good thing is that the local media will be able to stick around with piggies running the show. Since, you know, local media has to compete with the ever growing Cable industry.

Fuck it, I say. If corporations are running the show, I ain't watching the commercials.

Didn't think you could believe what was in the news now? Just wait.

If your town gets hit with anything that comes near to what is here in Tennessee, get ready. It'll get worse before it gets better.

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Re: A Corridor for the Piggies -- The Serpent, 01:11:34 06/06/03 Fri
Re: A Corridor for the Piggies -- The Serpent, 01:11:51 06/06/03 Fri
Re: What do you think about Reagan's wet-dream being further carried out? -- sjk, 13:13:09 06/09/03 Mon
- Re: What do you think about Reagan's wet-dream being further carried out? -- sjk, 21:47:36 06/21/03 Sat