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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (410941)6/2/2003 8:34:23 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
>>LOL, the argument against allowing mergers is based upon the same disconnected stupidity of the masses about the real cause and effect of what is broadcast. Show me the money stupid.
Stupid people still believe that mr. bill was some genius who made a difference in economic growth.

Well maybe cutting back on defense spending forced a lot of really really smart engineers to refocus their efforts on commercial products to earn a living and that increased the rate of technology integration in the commercial sector.

But if that is an attributable cause, it was an accident.

Programming content is about grabbing eyes and keeping them.
That allows charging higher advertising fees for commercials.

you don't see the parallel, what's new.<<

Thomas -

And you don't get why having most of the nation's news outlets controlled by a small set of people could create a situation in which those people could have undue influence over events. That's not surprising, either. Heck, they wouldn't surpress news stories or spin them to benefit themselves and make more money, would they? Heck, no.

Moreover, you haven't suggested a single reason why it should be necessary at this time for the FCC to reverse a policy that has existed for several decades and that has been supported by both parties all that time. But then, no one has offered one plausible reason for it.

I do have a question, though. Why do you suppose William Safire and other staunch conservatives are also so vehemently opposed to the action that the FCC took today?

- Allen
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