"FCC OKs Media Consolidation" or "Corporations Get Gov Handjob Again"

In yet another move to make the ownership of our hearts and minds easier, the FCC has approved the plan to allow media groups to own a television or radio station as well as a newspaper in any of the 2o largest metropolitan areas of the country.

I'm sorry, but corporations have proved over and over again that they cannot police themselves and should not be allowed the leeway to do so. The Republican mantra calling for a deregulated marketplace has left us with the worst economy in the developed world, the most corporate controlled media in the free world and the most corrupt governmental process this side of Russia. When you have corporate media heads the likes of Rupert Murdoch and his "fair and balanced" propaganda machine and you give them more power, you are on the brink of unleashing Big Brother (as if he's not here already).

FCC chief defends media ownership plan

WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is disputing Democratic assertions that a new rule loosening restrictions on media ownership is full of loopholes and will lead to a wave of mergers and fewer choices for consumers.
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Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps described the commission's decision approving the measure as "one that would make George Orwell proud," referring to the English author best known for his novels critiquing totalitarianism and for popularizing the phrase "Big Brother is watching you."

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