Comments on Murdoch Media

He's also railing against the FCC's "silly" rules that restrict his ability to buy up every media outlet in America. Sheesh, he makes William Randolph Hearst look like a nice guy.

What bothers me about the big media consolidation (oh thank you Bill Clinton for signing that bill by the way) is that in the bubble of a progressive city like Seattle most of us forget that many many people do not have cable or a dish for television and most have limited internet access and only one local newspaper that they get regularly.

The fact that media conglomerates can opperate like this is a huge reason all those "red states" stay red. I really hate the argument that media consolidation does not matter with all the choices out there. The reality is many of those choices cost money and are not all that easily accessed by many Americans.

Andrew @ 2,

It doesn't really matter how many choices people have if they're too stupid to see through the mindless, jingoistic, infotainment propaganda that gets passed off as "news" these days.

At this point, we have to read British or Canadian news to figure out what's happening in our own freakin' country.

If you only tell Americans exactly what they want to hear--which is Rupert Murdoch's wildly successful business model--they'll believe it regardless of the source.

Be careful which British news you're reading, he owns half of them too!

I can't imagine Rupert Murdoch owning a "secret" anything. If it has the loudest paint-job, and the most noise-making devices on it, then it probably belongs to him.

Rye @ 4,

Too true. They do come up with some hee-larious headlines though; I'll give them credit for that.

After the WSJ Chief Editor resigned yesterday, I'll no longer be renewing my print subscription to the Wall Street Journal.

Time to vote with my dollars.