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media and impartiality
Here's an interesting link regarding media and impartiality with excerpts
below. I notice the SF Chronicle fired one of their reporters for taking
part in an anti-war rally. Clear Channel corporate's statement regarding
their non-involvement in the local pro-war rallies may well be true, as we
experienced the Who boycott from one of their stations in January, but
support from others.
It does seem questionable for one company to own so many stations, and
there's some kind of cross-ownership plan coming up before the FCC, which
could allow further expansion by the big media companies. It has some
ramifications for bands and musicians, as I gather that Clear Channel
already requires pay offs for radio play.
Another possibility here is that the BBC doesn't want competition from Clear
Channel and Dyke would like to use this complaint to block them. Opinions
from anybody?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030425/media_nm/iraq_media_bbc_dc_4
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. broadcasters' coverage of the Iraq (news - web
sites) war was so unquestioningly patriotic and so lacking in impartiality
that it threatened the credibility of America's electronic media, the head
of the BBC said on Thursday.
BBC Director General Greg Dyke singled out for criticism the fast growing
News Corp. Ltd.'s Fox News Channel, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch,
and Clear Channel Communications Inc., the largest operator of radio
stations in the United States, with over 1,200 stations, for special
criticism.
<snip>
"We are genuinely shocked when we discover that the largest radio group in
the United States was using its airwaves to organize pro-war rallies. We
are even more shocked to discover that the same group wants to become a big
player in radio in the United Kingdom when it is deregulated later this
year," Dyke said.
Officials for Clear Channel said that any pro-war rallies linked to the
company have been organized by individuals, such as popular disc jockey
Glenn Beck, or individual stations, rather than as a result of overall
corporate policy.
keets
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