Comments on: Localism: Corporate Media's Ultimate Bogeyman http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/20/localism-corporate-medias-ultimate-bogeyman/ The national media watch group Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:32:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: ANNE http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/20/localism-corporate-medias-ultimate-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-9517 ANNE Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:21:04 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=12978#comment-9517 SOUNDS LIKE THE LIBERALS CAN STAND THE HEAT IN THE KITCHEN, (GET OUT), LIBERAL RADIO CAN'T MAKE IT IN BROADCASTING, NEWSPAPERS OR THE INTERNET, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING INTELLEGENT TO SAY. SOUNDS LIKE THE LIBERALS CAN STAND THE HEAT IN THE KITCHEN, (GET OUT), LIBERAL RADIO CAN'T MAKE IT IN BROADCASTING, NEWSPAPERS OR THE INTERNET, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING INTELLEGENT TO SAY.

]]> By: KVNU’s For The People » Midweek AM Linkage http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/20/localism-corporate-medias-ultimate-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-9464 KVNU’s For The People » Midweek AM Linkage Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:03:04 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=12978#comment-9464 [...] - Local media, corporate media’s nightmare. [...] [...] – Local media, corporate media's nightmare. [...]

]]> By: Enoch Root http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/09/20/localism-corporate-medias-ultimate-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-9286 Enoch Root Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:34:03 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=12978#comment-9286 This is why the right-wing media was inoculating its listeners with talk about the Fairness Doctrine early in the Obama administration. They're playing a pretty good game of chess with this... Set up the Fairness Doctrine as evil communist oppression or something, do it early on, and do it in order to give cover to future excesses. Also, cable TV doesn't fall under FCC rules the same way broadcast TV does. The premise of a citizen-owned frequency spectrum doesn't map to cable, where the provider owns the medium. Beck and Dobbs, of course, exist over cable. This is why the right-wing media was inoculating its listeners with talk about the Fairness Doctrine early in the Obama administration. They're playing a pretty good game of chess with this… Set up the Fairness Doctrine as evil communist oppression or something, do it early on, and do it in order to give cover to future excesses.

Also, cable TV doesn't fall under FCC rules the same way broadcast TV does. The premise of a citizen-owned frequency spectrum doesn't map to cable, where the provider owns the medium. Beck and Dobbs, of course, exist over cable.

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