Re:Re:Wired.com on Reversing Consolidation

["Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com>]

If the rule is repealed it should allow Rupert Murdoch to reclaim the 
Herald from Pat Purcell who is owner in name only as Rupert hold the 
notes.

Most of these rules are shams anyways. The FCC has let Fox/Murdoch get 
away with a lot over the years.... I need some time to calculate this 
but at first glance Fox Television Stations appears to reach more than 
the 35% limit of viewers ( course then again Fox is not a full time 
network koff koff )

When channel 5 was under Herald Traveler control for the most part the 
newsrooms were independent. The tv station kept the paper alive thru 
revenue. Chuck pointed out the situation in Portland and in a one paper 
market the possibilty of abuse is much greater. One can only shudder 
what Manchester would have been like if Loeb had owned Channel 9





On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:57AM -0500, Aaron 'Bishop' Read wrote:
> At 10:50 PM 1/8/2003, Dave Faneuf wrote:
>> ---------- Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> writes:
>>> Given the legal climate, the rule will almost certainly fall if the
>>> FCC ever fails to grant a waiver, so Chairman Powell is right to
>>> suggest that it should be repealed entirely.  I would further suggest
>>> that it is actually in the public interest to allow newspapers and
>>> broadcasters to combine operations.
>>> -GAWollman
>>
>> Dave writes:
>> I think your logic given the current climate is sound, however I would 
>> disagree that combining local newspapers and local broadcast outlets 
>> would be in the public interest.  I see it as allowing a single 
>> company to control, not only news coverage and content but advertising 
>> rates.  wasn't there an example of this discussed several months? ago 
>> on this very list in which a GOP lawmaker was up in arms because a 
>> firm that controlled coverage in his congressional district was 
>> causing problems for him or one of his children running for office?
>> df
>
> Dick Armey in Texas, wasn't it?
>
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