It is time for FCC to break up BIG MEDIA!!

As a former broadcaster (16 years), I am depressed that this industry fell prey to uber-corporate companies--therby destroying small-medium market radio/TV stations. There needs to be a change.

In a functioning democracy, the media is the people's voice, and the entity responsible for holding power accountable. Without a free media fairly scrutinizing the decisions of political and economic power brokers and bringing important events to light, elected officials and corporate CEOs would be corrupt and unaccountable to the people.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/11342-fcc-break-up-the-big-media-monopoly

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
It is time for FCC to break up BIG MEDIA!! (Original post)	Left Coast2020	May 2012	OP
Can they start with	AsahinaKimi	May 2012	#1
It would remove a great deal of misery from the American mindscape.	freshwest	May 2012	#2
YES!!	Angry Dragon	May 2012	#3
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#4
I worked in radio in the 80's	alittlelark	May 2012	#5
"In a functioning democracy, the media is" our control system. And we are not in control.	Gregorian	May 2012	#6
This is a democratic republic.	YellowRubberDuckie	May 2012	#7
All of Britain investigates the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal,	shcrane71	May 2012	#8
new departments went in the shitter when they had to make a profit	spanone	May 2012	#9

Response to Left Coast2020 (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 01:29 AM

AsahinaKimi (18,491 posts)

1. Can they start with

Clear channel and FOX??....please.

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Wed May 9, 2012, 01:47 AM

freshwest (32,410 posts)

2. It would remove a great deal of misery from the American mindscape.

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Wed May 9, 2012, 01:51 AM

Angry Dragon (24,073 posts)

3. YES!!

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Wed May 9, 2012, 01:55 AM

Uncle Joe (25,036 posts)

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Left Coast.

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Wed May 9, 2012, 02:35 AM

alittlelark (14,854 posts)

5. I worked in radio in the 80's

Good $ for a student. Our station was bought and changed to CW. The market was already saturated w/ CW. Two or three years later it became RW Talk Radio.

Many really amazing small stations died during the Reagan '80's.

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Wed May 9, 2012, 12:09 PM

Gregorian (19,704 posts)