Public airwaves should always be used to best serve the public interest (Culpeper Star-Exponent)

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Robert Legge - Editorial Columnist
Published: January 29, 2009

... mainstream media got to be vast primarily by government policies allowing consolidation and mergers of media companies. During the Bush administration this accelerated via pro-consolidation policies of the Federal Communications Commission.

... if conservatives can’t get the word out with the media that we currently have, then a more diverse ownership of the media might tend to encourage the airing of different points of view, possibly some more to their liking.

But the issue of media consolidation is dismissed by most political conservatives. The conservative think tank, Heritage Foundation has called media consolidation “a myth” ...

It seems like there should be a natural coalition of those who prefer more responsible use of broadcast TV and radio, those who think the media is too left wing, those who believe the media is too controlled by corporate interests, and those who want a locally owned media that is more likely to be more responsive to local interests, all who would see their interests served by a more diverse media ownership structure ...

http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/opinion/columnists/article/public_airwaves_should_always_be_used_to_best_serve_the_public_interest/28838/