Topic: NEWS:Radio
The 1975 FCC rule prohibiting companies from owning both a newspaper and broadcast station in the same local market began for the wrong reasons and may soon end for the wrong reasons. Don’t believe any of the claptrap you may have heard about how such legislation protects the public by keeping the press “independent” or ensuring “diversity.” It is nothing more than a stinky deal between Old Media and the government that has protected both of them at the expense of the people.