Thursday, July 12, 2007

91% of talk radio is conservative political talk.

Remember the movie "Working Girl?" The title character gets an idea for a business merger. She's heard that a big company is looking to acquire a television station or network of stations, but the price it too high. She gets the idea to sell them radio. That way the company can have a similar influence but at a much lower price. It works.

This idea has not been lost on American conservatives. They have pushed the congress to relax the monopoly rules on radio and been successful. One owner can now control an unbelieveable percentage of America's media. Conservative billionaires have collected radio networks like candy and now dominate "news/talk" stations which reach 50 million listeners a week. Lots of influence for fewer dollars. Don't think it is driven by capitalist supply and demand. It is driven by politics and power. The media is owned by the people they should be investigating. The Fox, owns the henhouse.

On another subject: I have not been to Nice with Ralph Fiennes.

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