it's easier to make the case with broadcast media. But I think there's some issues with monopoly in the media. Myself.
On 8/17/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gel wrote: > > Feel free to prove me wrong. > > > Hey look, a blog with news about politics: > http://andrewsullivan.com/ > > and, look, another one about Hollywood tripe: > http://dlisted.blogspot.com/ > > You article basically describes capitalism which is to say that it's > the customers that control corporations, not the other way around. As > I've said before, anybody that's complaining about the "liberal media" > is deluded, especially if they're actually in the media! > > Case Study: > > I take the Wall St Journal (all 3 versions), The Economist, Money, > Fortune, Foreign Affairs, Modified Mag, Scientific American, Discover, > and I get various industry magazines. Daily I watch the Nightly > Business Report, The Newshour, and The BBC (all on network TV, no > cable). Every Friday I watch Washington Week and Wall St Week and > every Sunday I watch The McLaughlin Group. And then there's the web > sites I go to and the RSS feeds I get. And you via email. > > So, of those sources, which ones are censored by a handful of corporations? > > Interestingly just last night I read virtually the same articles about > America having lost it's competitiveness and how the economy is in > deep shit. One set came from Fortune and one set from The Economist. > Fortune is a Time/Warner publication and The Economist is ... well, > British. But since I can subscribe and buy it on any newsstand in > America, it's part of "American News". > > If you're curious: > > Who owns The Economist? Since 1928, half the shares have been owned by > the Financial Times, a subsidiary of Pearson, the other half by a > group of independent shareholders, including many members of the > staff. The editor's independence is guaranteed by the existence of a > board of trustees, which formally appoints him and without whose > permission he cannot be removed. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170310 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
