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You mean Google, a company that was founded in the late 90s, is responsible for an FTC rule originating 42 years ago? Your entire premise is incredibly flawed;
by turndown 9y ago
You mean Google, a company that was founded in the late 90s, is responsible for an FTC rule originating 42 years ago?
Your entire premise is incredibly flawed; religious rights and low taxes may be part of the same constituency, but opposition to media mergers is not a strict left or right issue.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> You mean Google, a company that was founded in the late 90s, is responsible for an FTC rule originating 42 years ago? So nobody who wasn't around when the Constitution was written can be instrumental in defending it today? > opposition to media mergers is not a strict left or right issue Pardon me, I did not intend to imply it is. My point was in coalitions not always have logical sets of views. There is no organized coalition against local radio consolidation. For a while, nobody bothered defeating it. Now Sinclair has. Opposition is needed. Unfortunately, nobody cares about local radio. At least not enough to organize. The only ones defending the old rule--at least when it's come up in New York, California or Arizona, or the limited D.C. circles I'm privy to--are companies fearing its creep. The dominant constituency amongst those companies are the tech majors.