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"The growth of big news organizations means there is less competition and less diversity of news sources today compared to a few years ago."
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We have received feedback on this issue from people all across America. Review the graph to the left for a quick snapshot of the responses received to date, or read the responses below.
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Vivianne &, MD
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... print do better
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September 16,2003
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In our metropolitan area the TV news reports mostly cover the same points, but with different emphases, often missing key aspects which would give the public better understanding. PBS and BBC are BY MUCH the best educators. The print media do a better job, but they, too, sometimes miss the key aspects.
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Robert Whi, NM
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... too much media control
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September 16,2003
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The growth of big media is one of the greatest threats to democracy and individual freedoms in this country. There is too much media control of the development of culture.
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Dave, ND
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... going to be useless
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September 16,2003
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Not only nationally but locally. Here in Fargo the NBC affiliate has purchased the CBS affiliate. Countless numbers of times you will see the same packaged local news story on both station at about the same time during a newscast. And then there is the loss of jobs due to downsizing bt these corporations,,,but that's another story.
Another point. As one who works for a PBS affiliate, tonight's comments from Michael Powell kind of, excuse the language, pissed me off. I quote the FCC Chairman from tonight's interview with Gwen Ifill... "I'll be very dramatic here. I think free (over the air) TV is dieing." If he believes this and if he believe this will happen in ten years or so, why in the heck is the FCC forcing us, and all other TV stations around the country, to spend millions of dollars on new digital transmitters and equipment that's going to be useless in the near future??
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Joyce, GA
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... FAR more coverage
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September 16,2003
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Not just a few years ago. Go back 25/30 years before the media deregulation onslaught began.
We saw inside Vietnam and inside the South during the Civil Rights movement. Could there be a Civil Rights movement today when the media doesn't SHOW us or inform us as to what's going on? But spends hours covering Kobe? 25 years ago, there was FAR more coverage of REAL news than there is today.
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Brett Knau, LA
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... very diverse
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September 16,2003
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The media is very diverse, thanks to cable. The old broadcast companies and corporations like Time Warner used to dominate the news (and the accompanying political "analysis" that attempted to force feed us an opinion) made it difficult to get the whole story. Now, we can quickly and conveniently get all of the facts from all sources media
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Dave, UT
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... a lot of smoke
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September 16,2003
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The statement is absolutely true. Point in case is how mass media refused to report how Colin Powell's punk kid at the FCC passed sweeping changes, allowing vastly higher amounts of monopolozation of media outlets. While the media turned their heads to this, they also intentionally did a lot of smoke and mirrors selling GW's fake wars. The media, as a whole, is a corporate whore. America has been officially highjacked.
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Matthew, NE
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... corpus is noticably absent.
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September 16,2003
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It's not about media, it's about the seemingly inevitable agenda of a non-local, un-dying, "person" with first amendment rights and generally no tax burden, ironically called a "corporation" even though the corpus is noticably absent.
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Rosalyn Zi, WI
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... can only worsen
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September 16,2003
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I have noticed a very strong bias toward Republican views under this Republican administration, as was also the case when Reagan and the senior Bush were in office. Political comentators and guests on political talk shows are very much slanted toward the right in their views.
This all bothers me. When the voices on the other side of issues are silenced, we are all robbed of balanced information. This, I believe, is due to Republican slanted, "Big Business" owners of main media outlets. We must be allowed our democracy. Democracy must be gained back, not be further taken away.
Media consolidation can only worsen this condition.
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Steve, FL
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... will not wash ...
September 16,2003
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Ms. Toomey left out an important flaw to Cumulus' position that it was a business decision, not censorship. I believe that when people say they will avoid a station that plays certain artists, more people listen to see how the styation will react. It has been almost an axiom in marketing that negative press boosts sales. I don't see why this would not be the case with radio. Cumulus' position that it was a business (marketing) choice simply will not wash.
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John, FL
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... liberal media
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September 16,2003
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I believe now more than ever there is a better chance of truth now that we have more competition and diversity. The problem is the liberal media are having problems spreading their lies without accountability.
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