Jan
12
Media consolidation
Written by Willy Ritch | Filed Under Uncategorized |
Along with Net Neutrality (see below) the other “big” issue here in Memphis is going to be media consolidation. There was a time, not too long ago, when the rules didn’t allow one company to control big chunks of the media, especially at the local level. Mostly under Republican influence, that has changed. We’ll be talking here about the real danger and damage that comes from this sea change in policy, and what we all can do to turn the tide. It’s not going to be easy, though.
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The opportunity to for you and me—the people who not only use the airwaves but leaglly own them— to set the ground rules for media ownership is really quite limited. With a majority of its commissioners appointed by the Bush Administration, the FCC gets to make the rules. They’re supposed to do this with the input from everyone—not just the big corporations, but all of us. It doesn’t seem to work out that way.
Even if the FCC has forgotten about the public interest, Congress is supposed to be able to act as a check. But not under this Administration. President Bush has threatened to veto any bill Congress passes that reverses an FCC decision. And given the rules-don’t-apply-to-us attitude of this Administration, even if a veto is overridden, they’d probably refuse to enforce any ownership limits.
But there is hope. The last time the FCC tried to very quietly slip through a major change in those limits the outcry from the public was amazing. The Commission received millions of comments and, perhaps more importantly, so did members of Congress. The rule changes were stopped dead in their tracks. For the moment.
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