Manufacturing Consent VI: A Brief History of The FCC and Related Legislation
First, this by George Orwell--"Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without any need for official ban." I will add that the silence and the darkness are all the easier if a media elite owns most information outlets, which is where we are today.
Senator John McCain, at a congressional hearing--"When is the endpoint to all of this? Why not have Rupert Murdoch buy another company, then Comcast another, and on it goes. At some point, you'll have many voices--and one ventriloquist."
We don't know when it will all end. Here is a breakdown of shrinking media ownership--
Understand that this is a sketch of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and omits important information in some instances. Its chief advantage is that it is presented in chronological order.
Other Mind Shadows posts on the media:
- Edward R. Murrow & The London Blitz., 19 January 2019:
- Everybody's Magazine and Its Times in 1912, 2/16/09:
- Manufacturing Consent I: Corporate Theocracies, 21 February 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent II: Gatekeepers and Democracy, 23 February 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent III: Which Frog Is It?, 6 March 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent IV: The Bewildered Herd, 14 March 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent V: What About Terrorists or Arsenal Security Elsewhere?, 29 March 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent VI: A Brief History of The FCC and Related Legislation, 30 March 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent VII: The Media As Seen By Journalists, 2 June 2004:
- Manufacturing Consent VIII: European Public & Media, 19 October 2005;
- Manufacturing Consent IX: The O'Reilly Fracture, 24 October 2005.
