The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68649   Message #1157812
Posted By: Amos
09-Apr-04 - 10:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: ClearChannel fires Howard Stern...
Subject: RE: BS: ClearChannel fires Howard Stern...
Yeah, he sucks. But the point is that conglomerating radio control means reduced competitive tension and less need to care about the public listrening and more to care about the political feedbags.

This is a genuine risk, not just because of comp[romised entertainment but because it can and has brought about a nation under political control through media control.

One big error in the free enterprise and free press system is to allow one free enterprise to own all the "free" press.

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