For Big Media, No News Is Good News

FOR BIG MEDIA, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
[SOURCE: StopBigMedia.com]
[Commentary] In case there was any doubt that media conglomerates are thumbing their noses at the public interest, the television network CW recently rolled out a series of bubbly ads in Washington, D.C. trumpeting the fact that they offer _no news_ to local viewers. What the CW’s corporate owners at CBS and Time Warner forgot is that their stations were granted license to the public airwaves in exchange for broadcasting that serves the “public interest, convenience and necessity.” Usually that means news and information that helps viewers participate in civic events and engage with other important developments in their community. The CW continues to broadcast no news in certain markets without the slightest blink from the bureaucrats who are duty sworn to protect our airwaves from such abuse. It’s ironic that these ads ran at the same time the FCC held a hearing in the other Washington, during which residents of Seattle sent a resounding message to FCC Chair Kevin Martin: our democracy can't survive on a steady diet of junk media.
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