December 1, 2011
god-:

princehamlette:

emilyjang:

musingsofthebigboo:

nevver:

Freedom of Choice [more]

Wow. First of all, I had no idea GE owned those companies, and those are some big companies they own. Secondly, it really is something to marvel over. Remember the late 1800s with their massive monopolies? I guess this as bad as then, since there are more than two companies in the industry, but just 6 companies controlling 90% of all media? Now that’s just insane.
I mean, it’s not bad. One could argue that consolidating media will help those individual channels grow and get more exposure, but still, no one wants to see corporations that get too big.
Just ask AT&T.

I live under a rock, so learning that these these 6 companies controlled so much was like OH WOAH. Forgive me I didn’t know Time and Warner Bros were under the same company….

Pretty much everything can be traced back to one company. Restaurants, fashion, just about anything you can think of.  Pretty sad, no?

I disagree with you about this not being bad. This is very bad, this causes a lot problems for small businesses. Specifically small independent media businesses, it makes it impossible for media start ups to survive without being eaten up by one of these 6. These 6 also control what news we get, they get to shape the political field so it’s in their favor, they get to sue people for hundreds of thousands of dollars for downloading a single copy of their content.
There’s a reason we have antitrust laws. There’s a reason we passed laws in the 1800’s to prevent this and it was only recently in the 1990’s that the FCC loosened and passed laws making it easier for these companies to gobble up and suffocate smaller independent media companies.
These companies have stopped and banned films and musicians that go against it’s politics or has anything bad to say about the politicians it’s bought.
There hasn’t been a big new player in forever, why? Because these guys are preventing it.
This is dangerous, and we need to break these companies up. These are the guys who want to control what websites we can and cannot visit. They don’t want a start up to come in and provide real competition.

god-:

princehamlette:

emilyjang:

musingsofthebigboo:

nevver:

Freedom of Choice [more]

Wow. First of all, I had no idea GE owned those companies, and those are some big companies they own. Secondly, it really is something to marvel over. Remember the late 1800s with their massive monopolies? I guess this as bad as then, since there are more than two companies in the industry, but just 6 companies controlling 90% of all media? Now that’s just insane.

I mean, it’s not bad. One could argue that consolidating media will help those individual channels grow and get more exposure, but still, no one wants to see corporations that get too big.

Just ask AT&T.

I live under a rock, so learning that these these 6 companies controlled so much was like OH WOAH. Forgive me I didn’t know Time and Warner Bros were under the same company….

Pretty much everything can be traced back to one company. Restaurants, fashion, just about anything you can think of. Pretty sad, no?

I disagree with you about this not being bad. This is very bad, this causes a lot problems for small businesses. Specifically small independent media businesses, it makes it impossible for media start ups to survive without being eaten up by one of these 6. These 6 also control what news we get, they get to shape the political field so it’s in their favor, they get to sue people for hundreds of thousands of dollars for downloading a single copy of their content.

There’s a reason we have antitrust laws. There’s a reason we passed laws in the 1800’s to prevent this and it was only recently in the 1990’s that the FCC loosened and passed laws making it easier for these companies to gobble up and suffocate smaller independent media companies.

These companies have stopped and banned films and musicians that go against it’s politics or has anything bad to say about the politicians it’s bought.

There hasn’t been a big new player in forever, why? Because these guys are preventing it.

This is dangerous, and we need to break these companies up. These are the guys who want to control what websites we can and cannot visit. They don’t want a start up to come in and provide real competition.

(via oldnoutoftune)

  1. lissamarsworld reblogged this from haphazardthoughts
  2. haphazardthoughts reblogged this from skylerdrake
  3. askyfull reblogged this from skylerdrake
  4. skylerdrake reblogged this from skylerdrake
  5. neutralobserver reblogged this from traydevon and added:
    More on what Dan Rather meant.
  6. trixxops reblogged this from dadatavis
  7. fepiovesan reblogged this from anslmv
  8. sometimesidontsayenough reblogged this from nevver
  9. quitarena reblogged this from katiem00re and added:
    We discussed this in my Media, Ethics, and Society class. Knowing things like this made us feel so discouraged as...
  10. meandyouarelikethis reblogged this from katiem00re
  11. katiem00re reblogged this from theworldismyburden
  12. itsthefreckles reblogged this from kayleyhyde
  13. thee-bourne-again reblogged this from peleosso
  14. guesswhoranoffwiththemilkman reblogged this from pantal0nes and added:
    THIS. THIS THIS THIS. This is why it’s so important to get at least some of your news from alternative resources, and...
  15. rainbowhouseplant reblogged this from robinhoodly
  16. abigailsimagination reblogged this from hoyitsnickel
  17. aimsme reblogged this from psstpendragon
  18. phineeey reblogged this from proseoferos
  19. psstpendragon reblogged this from jackpendragon
  20. openyourgoddamneyes reblogged this from psychedelicsunset
  21. cherryblossomtreelover reblogged this from sitriste
  22. sitriste reblogged this from anti-propaganda
  23. zurich-loves-munich reblogged this from n0isefloor
  24. lzhlnrzn reblogged this from identitieserased
  25. identitieserased reblogged this from vanitycrime
  26. p5qxrebloggery reblogged this from robinhoodly
  27. obaby91 reblogged this from classylittlelady
  28. dumpsite reblogged this from nevver
  29. odieux reblogged this from thisismyprettyreckless
  30. thisismyprettyreckless reblogged this from naive-and-innocent
  31. danimal02 reblogged this from waif16
  32. rebelonboard reblogged this from kayleyhyde
  33. agrammeofsoma reblogged this from socialuprooting
  34. skito reblogged this from nevver
  35. crazymastro reblogged this from sunshinescouting
  36. sunshinescouting reblogged this from passionprayparis