Good fucking lord! Link
Can you believe that the fucking FCC, run by Daddy's little fat slob Michael Powell, is about to actually RELAX ownership rules?
What this may one day result in is one fucking network bringing you one fucking set of 24/hour a day advertising. This is sickening.
Quick, somebody go snap up viacomtimewarneraolvivendi.com
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Rules to be reviewed include:
-- a ban on common ownership of newspapers and local telephone stations (adopted in 1975);
-- limits on ownership of local radio stations (adopted in 1941);
-- a 35 percent cap on the reach of national television broadcasters (adopted 1941);
-- limits on how many stations in a market can be owned by a company (adopted in 1964);
-- limits on common ownership of radio stations and newspapers in a market (adopted in 1970);
-- a ban on a company owning two of the four major television networks (1946).
Can you believe that the fucking FCC, run by Daddy's little fat slob Michael Powell, is about to actually RELAX ownership rules?
What this may one day result in is one fucking network bringing you one fucking set of 24/hour a day advertising. This is sickening.
Quick, somebody go snap up viacomtimewarneraolvivendi.com
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Rules to be reviewed include:
-- a ban on common ownership of newspapers and local telephone stations (adopted in 1975);
-- limits on ownership of local radio stations (adopted in 1941);
-- a 35 percent cap on the reach of national television broadcasters (adopted 1941);
-- limits on how many stations in a market can be owned by a company (adopted in 1964);
-- limits on common ownership of radio stations and newspapers in a market (adopted in 1970);
-- a ban on a company owning two of the four major television networks (1946).
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