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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:22 AM Original message |
Court Throws Out FCC Cable Ownership Limit |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Comcast hungry! Comcast need more food! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. so what does this mean?? that they can further conglomerate and take over |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yep, complete "managed news"! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. great.... like it's not homogenized enough already. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. UNBELIEVABLE |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Cable companies don't use the "airwaves" |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Start from scratch!!! ALL these cable companies have to be regulated,............ |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. why stop there? What about newspapers? Or the Internet? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. NEWSPAPER OWNERSHIP (MEDIA) IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONTROLLED |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. A fine progressive value: regulate newspaper content? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Consolidation of newspaper ownership is the issue, not content. nt |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. But if ownership were content neutral, it wouldn't be an issue |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. ONENOTE, NO ONE IS ADVOCATING REGULATING CONTENT |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. imposing a "fairness doctrine" on newspapers is indeed regulating content |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. DU or other websites represent The People talking amongst themselves. |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. And the difference is...? |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I agree. The post was about cable outlets. There ought be a standard............. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. AMEN |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Very strange. Failed to prove the case that removing ownership limits |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Didn't read the opinion did you? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes I was just reacting to the dismal right wing dominance of media ownership. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. landlords are limited by law from resticting the installation of a satellite dish |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. "The commission has failed to demonstrate... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The commission has failed to demonstrate... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I understand the subtle nuance there, my premise, though, is that |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. you could say the same thing if someone holds a 29 percent share or 31 percent |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. Because big humungo corps are double plus good! nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. OK. If you don't think this ruling is correct. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. If everyone on DU cancelled cable, nothing would change |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. There are a lot of people on DU. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. If I cancelled my cable altogether, I wouldn't be here |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. failed to demonstrate that monopolies don't stifle competition? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. try reading the case so you know what its about |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. most people don't have access to "multiple" cable providers where they live |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. sorry for the snark |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Problem with those wireline services is this. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. Easy enough to do another rulemaking and document properly |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. funny thing -- the evidence you seem to think is out there on this issue |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Of course it is! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. sorry but just claiming it to be true doesn't make it so |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. What makes you think I haven't commented on proposed rules over the years? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. explain the cable "monopoly" to me |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. If the corporations broadcasting and printing to all those people weren't considered persons |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. One big step to the new corporation empire. Company empires are so last decade. Time for a corporate |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. great... we can be the former Soviet Union |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. Heh, too bad they will still never get my business until a la carte programming.. |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. k&r! nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
41. 'The ruling, |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. Another victory for the monopolies. |
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