FCC's Kevin Martin Plays Santa to the Chicago Tribune Company and Corporate Media

FCC's Kevin Martin Plays Santa to the Chicago Tribune Company and Corporate Media
Submitted by mark karlin on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 4:03am. EditorBlog

BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher, BuzzFlash.com

December 21, 2007


By a 3-2 party line (political appointee) decision on December 18th, a former lawyer for the Bush-Cheney Florida stolen election in 2000, Kevin Martin, led the FCC into defying Congress and the courts by further easing the regulations on media consolidation.

What this will mean, if the regulation is allowed to be enacted, is that even fewer multi-billion dollar parent corporations will own most of our broadcast and large print outlets. The political implications of the further concentration of media operations in a few pro-Republican hands is profound.

That is why BuzzFlash made Kevin Martin the BuzzFlash Media Putz of the Week, because he is really the kingmaker Media Putz for the GOP.

We'll say this one more time, Big Media -- which sets the frames of public perception in the United States -- may occasionally write an expose on some corruption among Republicans, but it is endlessly supportive of the White House propoganda line of the day. More importantly, after seven years of verifiable deceit and illegalities, it still covers Bush with kid gloves and provides him with a mantle of legitimacy and credibility.

As BuzzFlash has pointed out many a time, Big Media is really just Big Business. And Big Business needs the Republicans for tax breaks, deregulation, protections against anti-Trust charges, favorable financial legislation, special exemptions, etc.

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