Business As Usual
The FCC Chairman thinks American media aren’t consolidated enough:
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposal would allow for public comment on the proposed rules in mid-November and a commission vote on Dec. 18.
Among the rules that are potentially on the chopping block is a ban on one company owning a newspaper and broadcast station in the same [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Rapid-fire impressions from Frank Caliendo.
Senate Covers Telecom Spying
You knew it was coming. President Bush threatened to veto any FISA updates that don’t give blanket immunity to communications companies who assisted the NSA in spying on Americans.
Despite an intense lobbying effort from such privacy groups, the Senate sealed an expected deal this week with President Bush to grant major telecommunications companies — [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“His meanest garment,
That ever hath but clipp’d his body, is dearer
In my respect, than all the hairs above thee.”
—Cymbeline, 2.3.134-36
