As Major Media in USA almost totally missed the Tunesian Revolt this past Week, FCC increases bad media trends in the USA

AS BAD AS AMERICA WANTS IT TO BE!!

I am furious that (1) big media monopolies in the USA failed to appropriately cover the workers and people’s revolt in Tunesia this past month and (2) that the Obama administration is not getting the FCC on non-corporate leash.

You should be upset, too.–KAS

According to Democracy Now, “FCC Approves Comcast Takeover of NBC Universal The FCC has given final approval to a $30 billion takeover by the nation’s largest cable television company, Comcast, of the television and movie giant NBC Universal. The merger gives Comcast control of the NBC network, the Spanish-language Telemundo, cable channels including MSNBC, dozens of local television stations and the Universal film studio. The FCC vote was four to one, with Commissioner Michael Copps casting the lone dissent vote. Media democracy advocates have widely criticized the merger. Josh Silver of the group Free Press spoke to Democracy Now! on Tuesday.”

Here is what Josh Silver stated, “The Comcast-NBC merger is going to increase prices for consumers, it’s going to make independent voices even more scarce on commercial television dials, and it’s going to cut out independent programming even further from the cable dial. Yesterday’s announcement of this merger flies in the face of President Obama’s stated commitment to oppose media consolidation when he was on the campaign trail, and it bodes terribly for the future of the internet. We expect to see higher costs for access, higher costs for cable programming, higher costs for internet access, and, at the end of the day, less choices for consumers and higher prices.”

Come on internet readers, put pressure on the FCC, Congress and Obama today to improve media access an meida airwaves everywhere in North America.