Democrats Worry Big Media Threaten Democracy

[southernleftylady]

WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - When the Democratic Party takes up its platform next week at the presidential nominating convention in Boston, one of the planks it will consider is media concentration.



While the one-sentence statement is buried deep in the 41-page document, its supporters contend that it is a recognition by the party that big media is becoming a threat to democracy.

"Because our democracy thrives on public access to diverse sources of information from multiple sources, we support measures to ensure diversity, competition and localism in media ownership," the proposed platform plank states.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=696&e=10&u=/nm/20040721/media_nm/media_democrats_dc

[KittyWampus]

1. This Is Really Important! Had No Idea This Might Be A Plank

this would be something Dennis and/or Dean could sink their teeth into.

[IndianaGreen]

2. And who voted to deregulate media concentration in Congress?

Congressional Democrats voted for that shit!

[KittyWampus]

3. How Nice Of You To Drag Us Backwards

:eyes:

That's really useful in an election year... NOT

[IndianaGreen]

4. Being in denial does no one any good!

And avoiding responsibility for one's own actions is a trait that I thought was exclusive of Bush and the GOP.

[DaveSZ]

5. It's true Clinton signed that bullshit

It's nice to see that Dems realize their mistake now, but I expect the corporate whores to prop up Bush now from here on in (more than they were already).

When Hersh breaks the child torture story, expect it to get buried by the corporate media.