May 15, 2003
Have your heard? FCC to change the rules!
No more football on broadcast TV
The radio is programmed for money revenue, not listener interest
The NYTimes covers the story here
and Paul Krugman has some great analysis here.
Take time to read some of these articles. The flow of information, more specifically, the choices of the types of information that get flowed, are likely to be drastically reduced in the near future. Good bye to independent content and creative outlets, hello to programming guided solely by its ability to sell advertising.
Please pardon me while I puke.
On the brighter side though, they are also considering freeing parts of the spectrum to the public domain. Click here and here to read up on why this is a good thing.
Posted by Nutrimentia at May 15, 2003 12:50 PM | TrackBack