By The Beachwood Corporate Media Merger Customer Service Desk
* Comcastrophe: “And so the Obama administration has reneged on yet another major campaign pledge: to halt media consolidation.”
* Al Franken: “The FCC’s action today is a tremendous disappointment. The Commission is supposed to protect the public interest, not corporate interests. But what we see today is an effort by the FCC to appease the very companies it’s charged with regulating. With approval of this merger, the FCC has given a single media conglomerate unprecedented control over the flow of information in America. This will ultimately mean higher cable and Internet bills, fewer independent voices in the media, and less freedom of choice for all American consumers.”
* And yet, you have to look very hard to find this outdated story on the Sun-Times website.
* You have too look equally as hard to find this AP story on the Tribune website. Yawn.
* And now I – just lil’ ol’ me – outdo the effort of the Sun-Times and equal the effort of the Tribune:
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See also:
* Stop Comcast!
* Opposing Comcast
* Regarding Comcast
* Comcast Sucks
* Thank You, Comcast, May I Have Another?
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Comments welcome.
Posted on January 19, 2011