The changes will radically alter the restrictions on how much control any single company can have of the media in any market, including cross-ownership of TV, radio, and newspapers (see this comic.)
Yet none of them are discussing it. If these changes were really as good for the public as they claim, wouldn't it be reasonable to think that they would be patting themselves on the back and strutting around as champions of the public interest, at least on their own stations?
Their choice to keep this issue off the airwaves is exactly the issue. I don't begrudge them the choice not to cover it. It's a free country, right? But once the rules change, they'll control everything, and those who DO want to cover news that doesn't get covered by the big guys just won't be able to, which means that the general public never finds out about it. I know about it because I make an effort to follow news at the intersection of politics and technology, but most people don't, and likely never will.
What will we (well, you. I'm in Japan) be missing once these changes go into effect?
Posted by Nutrimentia at May 25, 2003 12:20 PM | TrackBack