After Terry Woods admirable editorial on Divine Strake, CLEAR CHANNEL bosses are consigning Mr. Wood to weekends. See Paul Rolly's article today. When the media are controlled by the few we become more like the Soviet Union that we defeated in the cold war and less like the America that won World War II. We need to de-consolidate ownership of the media. Here you have an anchor speaking out on an issue where the overwhelming majority of Utahns desperately want their view heard. Corporate cronies to the Bush Administration don't like what they hear so they retaliate. Clear Channel has no journalistic ethics. Their abuse of the public airwaves is unconscionable. They should be broken up like Standard Oil and Ma Bell.
Monday, February 26, 2007
How Deregulation of Media Ownership leads to Censorship
After Terry Woods admirable editorial on Divine Strake, CLEAR CHANNEL bosses are consigning Mr. Wood to weekends. See Paul Rolly's article today. When the media are controlled by the few we become more like the Soviet Union that we defeated in the cold war and less like the America that won World War II. We need to de-consolidate ownership of the media. Here you have an anchor speaking out on an issue where the overwhelming majority of Utahns desperately want their view heard. Corporate cronies to the Bush Administration don't like what they hear so they retaliate. Clear Channel has no journalistic ethics. Their abuse of the public airwaves is unconscionable. They should be broken up like Standard Oil and Ma Bell.
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On the contrary, it is media regulation that has hurt speech. I work with the National Association of Broadcasters and it is a myth that the media is consolidated.
I encourage you to have a looksee at this Washington Post review of of Eric Klinenberg 's new book entitled, Fighting for Air.
"Clear Channel is selling its TV stations and one-third of its radio stations. The New York Times sold its TV stations. The Knight Ridder newspaper chain dissolved. Tribune sold TV stations and may yet be broken up. Walt Disney sold its radio stations. Emmis Communications sold its TV stations. Wave after wave of deconsolidation."
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