While researching for an article I did on the media consilidation issue, I found that people are doing a bit of sleight of hand with this issue. The proponents of it are cast as people who support less government regulation. This is subterfuge. The real consequences of loosening government control over consolidation is that it creates the opposite effect. Since our government is actually bought and paid for by multi-national corporations, when we give the corporations more control, we are not reducing government control, but actually increasing it because the corporations control the government.

by Barbara Peterson (73 articles, 109 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 541 comments [98 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007 at 3:26:45 PM

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Indeed, this widely despised Congress does work hard in covering it's tracks. For example, when pushing through the corporate-friendly Communications Act mentioned above, a separate amendment to the bill was created concerning the Net Neutrality issue. The amendment to the larger bill failed to get enough votes, but when I wrote my Congressman in defense of net neutrality, he was quick to point out that he supported the failed amendment. How could you still pass the overall bill then, I asked? The excuse was nonsensical, but now seeing how beholden he is to major media outlets, I see how his allegiance has been bought.

by Gustav Wynn (77 articles, 65 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 421 comments [34 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007 at 1:22:19 PM

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