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Re: Should we be concerned?
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Sat, 31 May 2003 02:15:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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> The likely impacts will be a
> homogenizing of programming, a huge reduction in reporting of dissenting
> viewpoints, and an enormous increase in pro-corporate (and therefore generally
> pro-Conservative) media agendas. Is anyone concerned?
I am a bit concerned, and agree with you here. I think programming has long been
homogenized. However, I rarely see the pro conservative agenda being advanced.
My main concern is the lack of competition which leads to lack of quality.
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> Interestingly, the "liberal" media don't seem to be offering much coverage of
> this enormous issue.
Other than Fox and the Washington Times isn't almost all media "liberal"?
> Meanwhile, each of these fine news sources has several dozen Laci Peterson
> stories, as well as a whole bunch of articles about Annika Sorenstam, Bob Hope,
> The Matrix part deux, and the rest.
You are 100% correct on this observation, the media spends way too much time
worring about stories that are relatively unimportant in our daily lives.
Especially here in Southern California, where they spend way too much time
worrying about celebrities and what they are saying and doing. I remember back
when Michael Jackson dangled his baby over a balcony, the same day an oil tanker
sunk off the coast of Spain. LA times cover lead with Jackson then put the oil
tanker in a smaller box underneath the first. Which story was more important? A
mentally disturbed singer, or a environmental disaster?
The merger does concern me a bit, I hate government interference in our lives
and in business, but this one may be justified. We will see how this plays out.
Scott C.
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| (...) Tsk. Someone from southern california and he doesn't mention the Orange County Register. The Long Beach paper is (was? it's been a while since I've seen it) conservative. The Los Angeles Times is barely left of center. The New York Times: who (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| While file-sharing enthusiasts debate the draconian powers of the DMCA, and while slack-jawed-America-at-large watches the Laci Peterson case and an avalanche of pro-war journalism, a minor piece of legislation is being prepared for a vote on June (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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