0baMa0 Tse Dung wrote:
On Jul 11, 7:57 am, dave wrote:
0baMa0 Tse Dung wrote:
Rumblings continue from the FCC on fairness, diversity and mandates
for broadcasters.
The airwaves belong to the people. They should serve the people, not
large corporations. Radio was better when ownership was limited to a
few stations per company.

What a load of cracker-jack PhD socilaist propaganda BS.

The people vote by listening to radio stations.
Station generate revenue based on their number of listeners (like a
political candidate in a democratic process).
Stations that can not draw enough listeners either close or change
formats (like a political candidate in a democratic process).

How does blowing smoke up peoples' asses improve the government? Lowest
Common Denominator is no way to run a country. Media is supposed to
inform, as well as entertain. Broadcast media is a finite natural
resource and it use should serve the common good, even if that reduces
someone's bottom line. Journalism is about speaking truth to power on
behalf of the masses; we can't force newspapers or cable to be fair but
we can make the broadcasters serve the people what they need to, but may
not necessarily want to, hear.