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Originally Posted by shakran
...Now that megacorporations are allowed to own scores of TV stations and networks, we not only have companies who's HQ's are on the other side of the country dictating how we run our newscasts, but we also have an inherent economic conflict of interest. GE is not going to be very happy if NBC (who they own) comes out with a story that reflects poorly on the corporation. THIS is the kind of bullshit we should be angry with the FCC about.
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Amen. And good luck rolling it back. The acquisitions were ready to go before the rulings happened. Indeed, I recall a brief market panic when the closed-door sessions were exposed and the deals were in jeopardy. From concept to approval to press whitewashing, the change was a fiasco of big money and deregulation gone amok. The bizarre lack of coverage by media with a conflict of interest should have been a clear enough sign to torpedo the deal. That it went through is a tragedy for our system by its leadership. Even partisan nutjobs should have known better.
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