Reply #5: Kentuck, Amen & More...

[KharmaTrain]

Jumping into this issue gets the adreneline spurting here, but there's many areas that need serious investigation and revision.

First, the Kerry administration MUST kill the current Deregulation bill that Michael Powell rammed through the FCC last spring and is now sitting in the courts that will allow Sinclair and others to maintain their large over-the-air television holding cross the country and to get even more stations. The immediate effects on Sinclair would be devestating and a reason, IMHO, they're going so over the top for their manchild. If he loses they're farked.

Next, the 1996 Telecommunications Bill must be reviewed as it was supposed to be in 2001 and wasn't. This took away the power of the local communities to demand specific programming and services from their cable operator and enabled radio corporations to expand virtually destroy all local radio.

Finally, we need a Justice Department with some balls that would investigate the financial dealing and holdings of these large media corporations. There's a ton of dirt in there and see whose worthy of owning public broadcast properties. But that's a faint, faint dream.

Right now I'll take a Kerry win and let's see what the world likes when we wake up the next day.

Cheers!