Re: monopoly definition

["Aaron [Bishop] Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 10:03 PM 10/14/2002, Steve West wrote:
>So here's the question.  If MLB is considered a monopoly then what 
>prevents the same standards from being imposed on corporations that own 
>most if not all the major stations in the major markets?
>
>Money.

and Politics.

There was a bit during last weekend's "On The Media" (NPR) that mentioned 
how Dick Armey, long a champion of deregulation that leads directly to 
these near-monopolies...has suddenly realized the down side of that policy 
when negative media coverage by a paper & TV station (both owned by the 
same company) scuttled his son's run for Congress.  Serves that old fart 
Armey right, IMHO.  :-)

Show is still on the home page at: http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/

Direct link to transcript: 
http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/transcripts_101102_dick.html



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