media consolidation

Calling the FCC’s decision to relax media ownership rules “arrogant” and a “cave-in to corporate interests,” Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced a “Resolution of Disapproval” that would nullify the decision. And a new study on the 2008 presidential primaries shows that news coverage about the “horse race” dominates all other aspects of campaigning.

I love this clip... I just happened upon this old cartoon from SNL, its amazing the kind of media criticism that is let out occasionally on TV. Of course, if you let just a little bit of self-criticism out on your station just at the fringes, then you can later point to it and say, "See we have a healthy system, no need for regulation or an open market...