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There my be some interesting facts underneath it, but unfortunately it’s largely gibberish. Or more fairly, its conclusions are gibberish. For example: “Comcas

There my be some interesting facts underneath it, but unfortunately it’s largely gibberish. Or more fairly, its conclusions are gibberish. For example: “Comcast’s NBC merger guarantees monopoly of 11 US markets”. Um, monopoly in what, exactly? What monopoly didn’t exist before the merger, but now does? What is “90% of American media”? What is the unit of measure? Where is Apple on the list? Google? As far as I can tell, this is an accounting of legacy media, which are indeed shrinking and (not surprisingly) consolidating. Sources of information and opinion, however, are more frighteningly numerous than they’ve ever been.

eaurouge 15y ago
You raise some good points. And there are some inaccuracies, most glaring being that Comcast isn't owned by GE. But I wouldn't want to lose sight of the message here. Which is that the options presented to your TV or radio are limited and controlled by just a few companies. They get to decide what the dominant 'news' stories of the day should be or what your radio playlist should look like. I thought it was clear that he meant [TV, News Print, Radio, Movie Studios] when he referred to the "American media".