Big Media creates a basic structural impediment to Democrats. All media is funneled through five large corporations:
1. Disney (ABC);
2. General Electric (NBC);
3. Times Warner (CNN);
4. News Corp. (Fox); and
5. CBS corp. (CBS).
These five corporations oppose Democratic efforts to protect an indcependent media, and prevent further growth and consolidation. Why is this important? Because these rules prevent the US from becoming like Italy, which is run by media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, who is the third richest person in Italy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_BerlusconiItaly represents America's future where the line between media and government is erased, and the media moguls are also the leaders of government.
The point of this is that Big Media is not a passive participant. They are an active participant in government, though they tend to be discrete than Silvio. Neither Hillary nor any Democrat can run a Karl Rove campaign, because such a campaign requires the active cooperation of Big Media.
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