ksoze
(635 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:53 PM
Original message |
FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS CRITICIZES SINCLAIR |
|
FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS CRITICIZES SINCLAIR CORPORATE DECISION TO PREEMPT LOCAL STATIONS FOR POLITICAL BROADCAST
Commissioner Michael J. Copps reacted to reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group will preempt more than 60 local stations across the country to air an overtly political program in the days prior to the Presidential election. Copps stated: “This is an abuse of the public trust. And it is proof positive of media consolidation run amok when one owner can use the public airwaves to blanket the country with its political ideology -- whether liberal or conservative. Some will undoubtedly question if this is appropriate stewardship of the public airwaves. This is the same corporation that refused to air Nightline’s reading of our war dead in Iraq. It is the same corporation that short-shrifts local communities and local jobs by distance-casting news and weather from hundreds of miles away. It is a sad fact that the explicit public interest protections we once had to ensure balance continue to be weakened by the Federal Communications Commission while it allows media conglomerates to get even bigger. Sinclair, and the FCC, are taking us down a dangerous road.”
|
Love Bug
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:55 PM
Response to Original message |
1. That's all well and good but |
|
can/will he actually DO anything about this?
|
troublemaker
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:58 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
6. No, but at least his comments will embolden network news orgs |
|
Lining up your "expert witnesses" is always part of the process. Not it's no longer "a political scam" but rather "what FCC commisioner Copp called.."
|
LoZoccolo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:55 PM
Response to Original message |
2. I didn't know they distance-cast. |
|
That's bad in and of itself; it's basically how Clear Channel operates a lot of stations.
|
edbermac
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:56 PM
Response to Original message |
3. Nice, but just a tongue-lashing doesn't do much good... |
Skinner
ADMIN
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:56 PM
Response to Original message |
mac56
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:57 PM
Response to Original message |
5. Wait until their stations come up for license renewal. |
|
It'll cost them a lot of legal $$$ if lots of concerned citizens file complaints.
|
juliagoolia
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Oct-12-04 12:59 PM
Response to Original message |
7. When will a high dollar Dem ATTY |
|
file a class action law suit on behalf of all americans that want media to be unbiased. We need a law..! LOL. We need some damn law-makers.. lets get busy
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Sun May 12th 2024, 01:12 AM
Response to Original message |