Comments on: FCC Buries Report Showing Local Owners Do More Local News http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:29:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sinclair Wants Your Local Station « Groundswell http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-14099 Sinclair Wants Your Local Station « Groundswell Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:49 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-14099 [...] Research shows that locally owned broadcast TV and radio stations give more time to local news and public affairs programs that are of concern to local people. Additional research shows that local ownership leads to a greater diversity of viewpoints on the airwaves. And common sense suggests that a large number of local owners in a given community are going to foster more competition than a few mega corporate owners. These three principals – localism, diversity, and competition – are at the heart of the FCC’s mission. [...] […] Research shows that locally owned broadcast TV and radio stations give more time to local news and public affairs programs that are of concern to local people. Additional research shows that local ownership leads to a greater diversity of viewpoints on the airwaves. And common sense suggests that a large number of local owners in a given community are going to foster more competition than a few mega corporate owners. These three principals – localism, diversity, and competition – are at the heart of the FCC’s mission. […]

]]> By: People Get Ready » Blog Archive » Curious George’s Jackson Square speech redux http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-11912 People Get Ready » Blog Archive » Curious George’s Jackson Square speech redux Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:24:43 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-11912 [...] Media is reporting that the former shill for corporate media giants, FCC Chairman Michael Powell, buried a report he commissioned in 2004 because it showed that locally-owned broadcasters produce more local news than stations owned by [...] […] Media is reporting that the former shill for corporate media giants, FCC Chairman Michael Powell, buried a report he commissioned in 2004 because it showed that locally-owned broadcasters produce more local news than stations owned by […]

]]> By: Links… « 4&20 blackbirds http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-290 Links… « 4&20 blackbirds Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:17:52 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-290 [...] Locally owned media does news better, concludes the FCC in a report it tried to hide. Why does deregulation always seem to scr*w the consumer? (Hat tip Granny.) [...] […] Locally owned media does news better, concludes the FCC in a report it tried to hide. Why does deregulation always seem to scr*w the consumer? (Hat tip Granny.) […]

]]> By: Electric-Escape.net http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-289 Electric-Escape.net Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:11:39 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-289 <strong>FCC Buries Report Showing Local Media Owners Do More Local News...</strong> "This report doesn't show that greater media control is in the public's interest -- kill it!"... FCC Buries Report Showing Local Media Owners Do More Local News…

“This report doesn’t show that greater media control is in the public’s interest — kill it!”…

]]> By: Think Progress » ThinkFast: September 15, 2006 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-288 Think Progress » ThinkFast: September 15, 2006 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:14:24 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-288 [...] In 2004, the FCC “ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage,” the AP reports. StopBigMedia.com has a copy of the study. [...] […] In 2004, the FCC “ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage,” the AP reports. StopBigMedia.com has a copy of the study. […]

]]> By: The Bush Awareness Report » Blog Archive » Bad News is GOP News http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-279 The Bush Awareness Report » Blog Archive » Bad News is GOP News Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:17:12 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/09/13/fcc-buries-report-showing-local-owners-do-more-local-news/#comment-279 [...] Stop Big Media [...] […] Stop Big Media […]

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