Your right to know vs. Spin Doctors Inc.

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LAW & JUSTICE

The First Amendwhat?

 

As the US falls to a mediocre rank of 17th in the world in levels of press

freedom, the federal government is moving to do away with the last barrier in

place against media monopolies. Appalled pundit Molly Ivins notes that Federal

Communication Commission chief Michael Powell plans to allow single companies to

control unlimited numbers of television, radio, print, and communication outlets

in one area, thereby undermining the already modest competition that has

developed over the past decades. Even now, says Ivins, " 10 companies own over 90

percent of the media outlets " in this country. Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel,

both media watchdogs, call this " the most sweeping changes in the rules that

govern ownership of American media since the 1940s. " Ivins asserts:

" To point out the obvious, broadcasters and their national advertisers have a

clear stake in promoting the views of those who advocate lower taxes on the rich

and on big corporations. What is so perfectly loony about the FCC's proposal to

unleash yet another round of media concentration is that it is being done in the

name of " the free market. "

Is the free market not supposed to encourage competition rather than lead to its

disappearance? The U.S. now ranks 17th, below Costa Rica and Slovenia, on the

worldwide index of press freedom established by the Reporters Without Borders. "

 

 

 

 

 

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