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Boycott the Wall Street Journal

volatile said:
'News' International has no truck for quality journalism, as far as I can tell.
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He owns The Times, The Sunday Times and The Australian among other papers.

Does Conspiraider actually read the Wall Street Journal?
 
gtc said:
Oliver,

Define Monopoly.
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Monopoly created by the Government:

This concentration has been encouraged by government deregulation and neo-liberal trade policies. For example, the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996 discarded most media ownership rules that were previously in place, leading to massive consolidation in the telecommunications industry. Over 4,000 radio stations were bought out, and minority ownership of TV stations dropped to its lowest point since the federal government began tracking such data in 1990. [2] In its review of the Telecommunication Act in 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) further reduced restrictions and allowed media corporations to grow and expand into other areas of media.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_democracy#Media_ownership_concentration
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Monopoly in the Media-System:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate

Monopoly in general:

A monopoly (from the Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable substitute goods. [1]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly
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Am I missing something here? I didn't recognize anyone in that article up there. Why is it that one guy buying some other group is important to me?

I tend to get all my news from the internet anyway.
 
gtc said:
Is Rupert Murdoch the only media owner in the US?
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Not yet:


Newspapers

News International · News Limited · News of the World · New York Post · The Sun · The Sunday Times · thelondonpaper · The Times

Filmed Entertainment

20th Century Fox · 20th Century Fox Animation · 20th Century Fox Television · 20th Television · Blue Sky Studios · Fox Atomic · Fox Faith · Fox Searchlight Pictures · Fox Studios Australia · Fox Television Studios

US broadcast TV

Fox Broadcasting Company · Fox Television Stations · MyNetworkTV

US cable TV

Fox Business Network · Fox College Sports · Fox Movie Channel · Fox News Channel · Fox Reality · Fox Soccer Channel · Fox Sports en Español · FSN · FUEL TV · FX · National Geographic Channel (50%) · SPEED Channel · SportSouth · TV Guide Network Fox owned-and-operated stations KDFW · KDVR1 · KMSP · KRIV · KSAZ · KSTU1 · KTBC · KTTV · KTVI1 · WAGA · WBRC1 · WDAF1 · WFLD · WFXT · WGHP1 · WHBQ1 · WITI1 · WJBK · WJW1 · WNYW · WOFL · WOGX2 · WTTG · WTVT · WTXF MyNetworkTV

owned and operated stations

KCOP · KDFI · KTXH · KUTP · WDCA · WFTC · WPWR · WRBW · WUTB · WWOR

Non-US and satellite TV

BSkyB (39.1%) · bTV · DirecTV Group (39%) · Fox Life · Fox Sports en Latinoamérica · Fox Televizija · Foxtel (25%) · FX (UK) · Imedi Media Holding · National Geographic Channel (UK) (50%) · Sky Italia · SKY Network Television (44%) · STAR TV · TV Puls (35%) · XYZnetworks (50%)

Misc. assets

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · Fox News Talk · HarperCollins · National Rugby League (50%) · NDS · News America Marketing · News Outdoor · TV Guide · The Weekly Standard · Fox Interactive Media · MySpace · The Times Higher Education Supplement

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
 
I am fully aware of Rupert Murdoch's assets.

Why ask a question about Rupert Murdoch's monopoly if you know that there is no such thing.
 
gtc said:
I am fully aware of Rupert Murdoch's assets.

Why ask a question about Rupert Murdoch's monopoly if you know that there is no such thing.
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Are you kidding me??? :confused:

You know that Microsoft Operating Systems have a monopoly concerning OP-Systems, don't you???

Of course there is MacOS, Linux, AmigaOS, BeOS etc, too....
 
Many of those assets you list are actually British, Australian or not even media assets.
 
I don't think there's too much of a threat of internet censorship. It's just not in any company's best interests. I mean for example if a local provider here started cutting off access or redirecting people from sites they actually wanted to visit, it wouldn't take long for that provider to find itself with a lot less customers.
 
Dark Jaguar said:
I don't think there's too much of a threat of internet censorship. It's just not in any company's best interests. I mean for example if a local provider here started cutting off access or redirecting people from sites they actually wanted to visit, it wouldn't take long for that provider to find itself with a lot less customers.
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Then you might miss the difference between a federal regulation and a private regulation by a Provider. The federal regulation would affect all internet users. There is no way to circumvent the problem unless you say: "You know what, let's move to another country". :p
 
ConspiRaider said:
The megalomaniac has succeeded:
http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nWEN9896

Put this guy on the street. Drop all purchasing of the WSJ.

Are you on Myspace? Get off of there. He owns that too.

Or you can continue to funnel money to this out-of-control megalomaniac.

Folks - You just know that things are terribly wrong on this planet when this much power is handed over to one disgustingly putrid megalomaniac. That is undeniable.
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I didn't know Dow Jones was a guy. Huh, go figure.

Well give him a break. How'd you like to go through life with the first name "Dow" - hell I bet he's not even Orien.....OOPSOHMYGODSORRY....."Asian American"
 
Conspi:

I stopped reading the We Steal Journal three years ago.

What took you so long? Smedley Butler was a good Marine. ;)

DR
 
ConspiRaider said:
The megalomaniac has succeeded:
http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nWEN9896

Put this guy on the street. Drop all purchasing of the WSJ.

Are you on Myspace? Get off of there. He owns that too.

Or you can continue to funnel money to this out-of-control megalomaniac.

Folks - You just know that things are terribly wrong on this planet when this much power is handed over to one disgustingly putrid megalomaniac. That is undeniable.
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Why do you hate ex-Australians?

Australia has media control laws, that are continually watered down, to that are supposed to ensure that no one business can effectively control the media outlets. To date, they have been reasonably effective, which is why they are weakened every so often, since the natural trend of big capital is towards mergers and concentration of power, and the laws get in the way.
 
gtc said:
He owns The Times, The Sunday Times and The Australian among other papers.

Does Conspiraider actually read the Wall Street Journal?
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ConspiRaider does not.

ConspiRaider doesn't do a lot of things. Like support the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

But your buddy Rupie not only shaped his media empire to promote the Iraq War - because it's what HE wanted - he even had the arrogance to admit it, publicly.

3,651 killed Americans in Iraq.
26,953 wounded Americans in Iraq.

Much greater death and maiming of Iraqis.

And THAT, my friend, is why you don't ever want - NOT EVER - to allow a megalomaniac that much influence and power. You know what I want Rupie to do? I want him to spend ONE HOUR with each of those 3,651 American families and explain to them why he promoted the Iraq War.

And he can start with the Pat Tillman family.

And number 2 is Cindy Sheehan.

And on down the line.
 
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