I thought this was interesting. I'm not sure how much of this is actually being accomplished. How much diversity can there be with such high concentration of media ownership? There is no real competition, either. If the FCC claims that their objectives are the things listed below, I can't say they're doing a good job at reaching their goals right now. From the Federal Communications Commission's website, strategic goals for media ownership:"The FCC is responsible for developing and modifying broadcasting and other media rules and policies in order to address changing technologies and changing competition and ownership patterns. The challenges in this area arise from:
- Changing ownership patterns,
- Legal challenges to FCC rules and policies,
- Converging markets and industries, and
- Increasingly rapid changes in technologies employed by service providers.
Objectives:
- Enforce compliance with rules that foster competition and diversity.
- Build and continually update a solid factual and analytic foundation for media ownership regulation.
- Encourage the timely development and deployment of digital services."
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