fair and balanced

so much for balanced journalism. the fcc has voted 3-2 (that's 3 republicans to 2 democrats) to relax media co. ownership regulations, thus permitting say, fox for example, to own all the newspapers and tv stations in your neighborhood... if you thought the jingoism was bad before, wait til two or three companies own all the news outlets in america.

think about it: you're doing a research paper and you're exploring "verifiable sources." so you delve into the papers to find discrepancies, inconsistancies, and whatnot, between one article and another, on the same subject. but you can't find discrepancies. every paper, though they're five different papers, have virtually the same articles. they have the same quotes. they tell the same story. and they all cater to the interests of the private citizen who owns the paper. "hey, that evil company's not bad... they're my friends!" expect this sort of shit to become the norm.

"freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

[update 6/3] ted turner comes out against the fcc's ruling in the washington post