Re:Re:Re:Wired.com on Reversing Consolidation

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

<<On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 03:50:07 GMT, Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com> said:
> I see it as allowing a single company to control, not only news
> coverage and content but advertising rates.

GW Writes:
If that were true, it would be a clear matter for the anti-trust
division.  I can't think of any market in the country where one
company could possibly own all the radio stations, all the television
stations, and the local daily newspaper, even if the ownership rules
were weakened.
-GAWollman

Dave writes:
I hope you're right, but I am not as optomistic.  Am I remembering the GOP Congressman story incorrectly?  Apparently IIRC the dominant media forces in his district were all owned by a person who disagreed with him politically and slanted news etc to his own end.  I know, a slippery slope argument but I think one with some merit.
df