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Rupert Murdoch Wants to Own the Media Landscape
theseminal.com — Rupert Murdoch is trying to buy Newsday, further consolidating the media landscape, especially in New York City. So, folks, I put the question to you: Is it OK that Murdoch controls the news and information that reach so many people? Does it strike anyone else as inherently undemocratic?
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- bohemianowl, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4faux sux
- hostingpursual, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4someone needs to take murdoch out to balance everything.
- pentupentropy, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2well, from a capitalistic standpoint, yes, it's fine. From a moral standpoint, no, it really sucks. However, it's hard to come up with socioeconomic models in which a conscience works well with a business plan.
- jforjools, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2From a capitalist standpoint, one must also consider that this beigns (at some point) to involve monopoly issues.
But the most immediate issue to me is that the press--meaning the news media--is not just a product/good to be privately bought and sold. This particular 'product' is a 'public good/service'. We have other public goods--such as police officers--that makes it clear that these goods should not be bought/sold in the capitalist market. (Otherwise, cities would hire out private firms to provide police service.)
Free press is essential to democracy...And the 'free-ness' is limited when the media is consolidated into one or a few empire(s).
- jforjools, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2From a capitalist standpoint, one must also consider that this beigns (at some point) to involve monopoly issues.
- kdawg1012, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4There used to be laws against this - until the Republicans got in power.
- bstory, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1I thought he already did?
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