Re: Drudge Report Dean and the media

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 16:20:01 GMT, Constantinople
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>My take on this is the following:
>
>1) Here's a fine illustration of "give me power now, we'll work out the 
>details later".

It's a breathtaking expansion of anti-trust to say that you've got to
break up big media because 11 corporations control 90% of the market.
I would bet you that in *every* major industry the top 11 corporations
control 90% or more of the market.  Cars?  Clearly it's fewer than 11
corporations--Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan; between the five
they probably control 95% of the market.  Airlines?  Clearly the top
11 airlines dominate the industry.

Dean's pandering to the base on this one.  The extreme left is the
only group in America that cares about media consolidation, and for
obvious reasons.  Extreme views do tend to get squelched in giant
corporations, hence less leftist extremism in newspapers and other
media.  Less right wing extremism as well

BD

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